Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin wants the IRS to audit more high-income households, he told a House committee.
“I called up the commissioner and said he should be doing more of these audits, not less,” Mnuchin said in response to questioning from Rep. Cindy Axne (D-Iowa) at a Dec. 5 Financial Services Committee hearing.
“By the way, if you want to give us more money for enforcement I’m happy to take it,” he added.
But he also questioned reports that the agency audits poorer households at a much higher rate.
“That’s actually not the case, and I’m working with ...
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