the irs had received 92.9 million individual income tax returns as of the week ending march 29, the last data available, down 1.4 percent from the same period last year. it had processed 90.3 million returns, down 2 percent. read more →
trump proposes 5% boost to the irs budget, reversing years of cutbacks and declines.
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by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research
after many years of increasing austerity—and some would say crippling austerity—the irs may have bottomed out. despite broad cuts proposed in the overall 2020 federal budget, president trump has included an additional $362 million—a five percent increase—for the agency that gathers the funds that keep the united states in business.
if congress approves the budget as proposed (and that’s bound to be an exciting story), the irs can begin—just begin—to recover some of what has lost over the last decade or so.
trend watch: cisco dominates the large firms while sonicwall dominates the small and midsize firms for firewall protection. small firms may not be using a firewall, although they think they are.