Opinion | How the IRS Should Spend Its $80 Billion Windfall

Something is wrong at the Internal Revenue Service, as seen by the furor over its $80 billion appropriation in the Inflation Reduction Act. About 57% of the money will be spent on “enforcement” while less than 4% goes to “taxpayer service,” the Congressional Research Service estimates.

The bill has its priorities upside down. The agency is called the Internal Revenue Service, and service has been neglected.