Funding for the Internal Revenue Service would be cut by $481 million compared to fiscal 2025 under a bill released by Senate appropriators Monday, bringing funding for the tax agency to roughly $11.8 billion.
Senate appropriators proposed the change in a fiscal 2026 financial services and general government funding bill. The bill would increase funds for taxpayer services and take them from technology and operations support, according to the committee report.
The chamber’s top Democratic appropriator, Sen.