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Rob Portman: “Only half of the calls were being answered when a taxpayer would call the IRS.”

On the recordJune 27, 2018
Only half of the calls were being answered when a taxpayer would call the IRS.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Portman highlights past issues with IRS call response rates.

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