Jacob J. Lew: “The strategies I have described are part of the President's plan to help improve the lives of millions of hard-working…”

The American people deserve to have an IRS with the resources so that, when you pick up the phone and call the IRS, there is a person at the other end to answer it.

Over the past 7 years under the President's leadership, we have seen a sustained economic recovery and an unprecedented decline in the Federal budget deficit.

The earned income tax credit is one of the most effective programs we have had, both to reduce poverty and to get people.

If we do not have the resources to hire the enforcement officers that we need, the tax gap will only grow.