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IRS Faces Steep Task In GOP Tax Code Overhaul After Years Of Budget And Staff Cuts

Published December 20, 2017 at 12:52 PM EST
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Sept. 21, 2016 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Sept. 21, 2016 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The IRS has a massive job ahead of it as the GOP moves to finalize its tax code overhaul. The agency has already been struggling to keep up with its workload after years of budget cuts.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with former IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.

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