Cutting the budget of the IRS by the Republican house shows how unserious they are at tackling the deficit. The IRS was my last job before I became self employed. They were the only part of government that takes in revenue and the most hated. It is time to lose the loopholes and make taxes simpler for the average American to do. But you do know a whole mega business and jobs revolve around complex taxes. H&R Block and others to name a few. The IRS has trouble keeping agents who know what they are doing because the quit after one year of training and go to work at firms. It was always a bad headache and left the agency with many that should not have been there in the first place.