Caboose Loc: South Carolina

Fox news reported, yesterday evening that Good Ole Carl Levin (D) was promoting the IRS's targeting of conservatives. Your Demoncrats at work again.

CharlesRabb

The IRS has spent $96.5 million on office furniture under the Obama administration and is now claiming it has insufficient funding to adequately serve taxpayers.

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified before the House two weeks ago about the IRS’ need for additional funding for the upcoming fiscal year. The IRS is currently seeking an increase of $1.2 billion—a 7 percent raise over its FY 2014 $11.29 billion budget. It would bring the agency’s FY 2015 budget to $12.48 billion.

A review of contracts by the Washington Free Beacon shows the IRS in the past five fiscal years has spent $96.5 million refurbishing IRS offices across the country. Those contracts include fiscal years 2010 through 2014.

That amount already exceeds what the agency spent during the entire eight years under President George W. Bush, fiscal years 2002 through 2009.

The purchases during the current administration show contracts are for various amounts. They range from several millions to hundreds of thousands of dollars for each agency office.

The IRS has spent $96.5 million on office furniture under the Obama administration and is now claiming it has insufficient funding to adequately serve taxpayers.

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified before the House two weeks ago about the IRS’ need for additional funding for the upcoming fiscal year. The IRS is currently seeking an increase of $1.2 billion—a 7 percent raise over its FY 2014 $11.29 billion budget. It would bring the agency’s FY 2015 budget to $12.48 billion.

A review of contracts by the Washington Free Beacon shows the IRS in the past five fiscal years has spent $96.5 million refurbishing IRS offices across the country. Those contracts include fiscal years 2010 through 2014.

That amount already exceeds what the agency spent during the entire eight years under President George W. Bush, fiscal years 2002 through 2009.

The purchases during the current administration show contracts are for various amounts. They range from several millions to hundreds of thousands of dollars for each agency office.

The IRS has spent $96.5 million on office furniture under the Obama administration and is now claiming it has insufficient funding to adequately serve taxpayers.

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified before the House two weeks ago about the IRS’ need for additional funding for the upcoming fiscal year. The IRS is currently seeking an increase of $1.2 billion—a 7 percent raise over its FY 2014 $11.29 billion budget. It would bring the agency’s FY 2015 budget to $12.48 billion.

A review of contracts by the Washington Free Beacon shows the IRS in the past five fiscal years has spent $96.5 million refurbishing IRS offices across the country. Those contracts include fiscal years 2010 through 2014.

That amount already exceeds what the agency spent during the entire eight years under President George W. Bush, fiscal years 2002 through 2009.

The purchases during the current administration show contracts are for various amounts. They range from several millions to hundreds of thousands of dollars for each agency office.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/3561001208001/100-million-reasons-why-the-irs-is-out-of-control/?intcmp=obnetwork#sp=show-clips

mcjwelles

Well, not exactly... But if your 'objective' conclusion makes you feel righteously offended don't let common sense or facts deter you. The law differentiates between PACs and not-for-profit educational groups. It is exactly the IRS' job to investigate (anti-taxation) groups that would game the system. Those groups are the real scandal as they misrepresent themselves in order to get their candidates Auctioned into power. If yo wish to castigate Levin, read Levin- not a right-wing entertainment group's interpretation of Levin.

Liberty Tree

The Dems will only believe it if it comes from one of their ELWNJ news sources and you know what the chances of one of them reporting this are.

mcjwelles

The notably subjective neo-con 'newletter', Washington Free Beacon might similarly make the point that the Obama administration is responsible for a huge increase of the nation's infrastructure expenditures. The last administration didn't fund even basic maintenance or cost-of-living raises in 8 years. Some say that Bush was fiscally responsible- as he fomented the Great Recession- but others note that grease is cheaper than parts, as we are seeing today. Now we must pay for for a decade of neglect.

Perhaps the IRS is overly generous to itself but neither your sources nor you post demonstrate that- you are just appalled at big numbers.


[quote=CharlesRabb]The IRS has spent $96.5 million on office furniture under the Obama administration and is now claiming it has insufficient funding to adequately serve taxpayers.

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified before the House two weeks ago about the IRS’ need for additional funding for the upcoming fiscal year. The IRS is currently seeking an increase of $1.2 billion—a 7 percent raise over its FY 2014 $11.29 billion budget. It would bring the agency’s FY 2015 budget to $12.48 billion.

A review of contracts by the Washington Free Beacon shows the IRS in the past five fiscal years has spent $96.5 million refurbishing IRS offices across the country. Those contracts include fiscal years 2010 through 2014.

That amount already exceeds what the agency spent during the entire eight years under President George W. Bush, fiscal years 2002 through 2009.

3jack

$95.6 Million in office improvements and furniture divided by 85,000 employees, divided by 5 years, equals ????? per employee per year over that period. How about you and FOX doing the math and getting back to us

Caboose Loc: South Carolina

This proves we're headed for Detroit (or worse) under demoncrat rule.

Patty

$1,125.00 per employee. That's an awful expensive office desk and chair.

skott Loc: Bama

Yeah, but in the current world, not the 1950's, we use faxes, computers, printers, scanners, telephone, and other electronics. If you go to a Dr.s office, or a law office, and ask for the 5 year cost of maintaining office equipment. The cost will be near that.

3jack

Really? Equipment, furniture, computers, chairs, desks, filing cabinets, pencil sharpeners, etc all have life cycles. They don't last forever and they have to be continuously replaced. $1,125 is insignificant.

skott Loc: Bama

A good computer and secure network can cost that easily. I live around a bunch of engineers that work on secure networks. Also, they get replaced every 3 years at most.

Patty

It didn't say anything about office supplies or computers. It said "furniture"

skott Loc: Bama

I assumed that this fraud email just put all office supplies in "furniture."

RetNavyCWO Loc: VA suburb of DC

Be fair, Patty. I would agree that $1,125 for office desks and chairs is expensive, but you omitted the "per year" cost mentioned in the post to which you responded. That brings it down to only $225 per employee per year. And, of course, there are book cases and filing cabinets and phones and chairs and couches for guests, conference tables and chairs, and all of that kind of stuff. It actually doesn't seem like an outrageous expenditure after you factor all those other things in.

Patty

Im just going by what it says.