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Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill to provide $31.5 billion annually to the IRS budget.
The funding would help close the tax gap between taxes owed and paid and hold the wealthy accountable, she said.
The Treasury Dept. recently said the tax gap could rise to $7 trillion over a decade if unaddressed.
Audit rates for the wealthiest Americans are nearly 80% lower than they were a decade ago, driving the tax gap to an estimated $1 trillion annually. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts wants to close that gap and hold the wealthy accountable by strengthening the budget of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).