IRS Gets Money-Moving Authority at Same Time It’s Losing Funds

Congressional appropriators gave the IRS a lifeline to shift money around to stave off funding cliffs, but some are saying it might not be enough.

The agency and advocates have long called on Congress to boost annual funding for the tax-collection agency they argue doesn’t get the resources it needs to carry out its mission. The government spending package signed by President Donald Trump this week appropriates $11.2 billion for the IRS—less than last year—and claws back another $11.7 billion from an enormous bucket of funding from Democrats’ 2022 tax-and-climate law.

But the spending bill also expands its ability to ...