Posts Fabricate Claim that Congress Voted to Exempt Members from IRS Audits
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After Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes funding to increase staff at the IRS, social media posts falsely claimed members of Congress “voted to exempt themselves from IRS auditing of their personal finances.” An IRS spokesperson told us “there is no such special exemption,” and we found no such vote had been taken.
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After Congress voted to provide the IRS with nearly $79 billion in funding over 10
