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Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 9 months agoOk, so where is the missing 2 trillion dollars?
That’s for the GAO to figure out. Not me or the IRS. The IRS is already understaffed and funded as is. And both the IRS and DoD are Executive branch. That’s why the audit authority rests with Congress to provide checks against Executive authority.
You seem to be missing the forest for the trees. It’s about hypocrisy, not the highly specific functioning of an inept governmental office.
If it’s only about hypocrisy there are still better examples. The DoD doesn’t generate revenue so there isn’t anything to tax. Meaning the IRS shouldn’t be involved.
If to call out the DoD make it about how they expect this level of accountability with their own suppliers and staff that they’re failing. If to call out the IRS it could go with numerous options unrelated to the DoD.
As is it doesn’t make sense.
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I don’t know how else to say this. It’s not about specific agencies applying what penalty or anything else like that. It’s the fact that there are no penalties for the DoD for failing an audit.
Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
So about my prior comment on ignorance of the government. Congress owns making penalties happen. As stated, this post suggests it’s the IRS not doing their job.
You’re welcome to come up with an alternative interpretation of what’s plainly stated. But we can do better than misrepresenting the issues this post does a crappy job of bringing up.
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Ok, I see where you’re coming from. I looked past the error to see the point of what they meant. You’re stating the obvious that the IRS isn’t involved with government agency audits.
Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
It’s not obvious unfortunately. Otherwise I wouldn’t bother.
People have been repeating versions of this same post across social media for weeks. With common replies asking why the IRS isn’t doing anything about it.