IRS Enforcement at Risk as Collections Drop 9% Amid Cuts

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Advocates for the Internal Revenue Service are renewing warnings that the U.S. government will lose money by starving the agency’s budget.

According to a report released yesterday, IRS enforcement actions yielded $50.2 billion in fiscal year 2012, a 9 percent drop from 2011 in part because of budget cuts.