Democrats Will Scale Back Plan for More IRS Bank Account Monitoring
Summary from the AllSides News Team
On Tuesday, Senate Democrats will offer a scaled-back version of a Biden administration proposal requiring financial institutions to report more information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on bank accounts with more than $600 in annual deposits or withdrawals.
The new plan will boost that amount to $10,000 and will exempt wage income. Banks already report interest earned in their customers' accounts to the IRS, but they would now report annually on deposits and withdrawals as well. Many banks, conservatives and libertarian groups raised privacy concerns about the original proposal. The Biden administration is expected to support the new plan, which could provide new revenue to pay for the Democrats' $3.5 trillion spending bill and potentially allow the IRS to better target tax evaders. Democrats say the measure would focus on wealthy Americans, not small accounts.
The news was covered by outlets across the spectrum, but not very prominently. Right-rated outlets have offered more coverage of the plan in general over the past few weeks, and many right-rated voices have decried the proposal as government overreach.
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Senate Democrats on Tuesday will unveil a scaled-back version of a Biden administration proposal to crack down on wealthy tax cheats after conservative groups and the bank industry raised major privacy concerns, three people with knowledge of the coming announcement said.
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The White House is contending opposition to its tax enforcement proposals, targeting amounts as small as $600, is based on banks being too lazy to deal with the extra paperwork.
The tax enforcement measures are aimed at helping pay for President Joe Biden's social welfare and climate spending package. The focus is on the wealthy rather than people with small bank accounts, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki.
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