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The IRS seriously looking at shutdowns to save money isn't generally news of the Soylent variety. But as juggs and mrcoolbp are hard at work getting our fiscal house in order over the next twelve days so as to lose as little of your generous contributions as strictly necessary to taxes, I figured this was worth a story.
The IRS is considering its own temporary shutdown due to recent budget cuts enacted by Congress, its chief said Thursday.
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said furloughs — forced unpaid days off for employees as part of an IRS closure — is one idea reluctantly being tossed about to save money, though they are hoping they will not have to go there.
“People call it furloughs; I view it as: Are we going to have to shut the place down? And at this point, that will be the last thing we do, … but there is no way we can say right now that that wont happen,” Koskinen told reporters at a Thursday press conference on the upcoming tax season. “Again, I would stress that would be the last option.”
I for one welcome the decrease in power of our wealth-destroying overlords.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday December 20 2014, @05:05AM
I've seen people who didn't RTFA or even RTF summary but not being able to even RTF author? It's three freaking words, yo. Regardless, I make no apologies for the quality of my subs. I write code not English. Tits or GTFO. If you aren't going to sub anything better, have a big ole steaming mug of STFU.
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