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Jamie Raskin: “Only 11 percent of the 282 million total calls made to the IRS were answered last year.”

On the recordApril 20, 2022
Only 11 percent of the 282 million total calls made to the IRS were answered last year.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin discusses the low response rate of IRS calls.

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