The Ways and Means and Finance chairmen rarely requesttaxpayer information, said Floyd Williams, the IRS chief liaisonto Congress for 16 years before he retired in 2012. Other panelsneed resolutions from the House or Senate for access.
According to Floyd Williams, senior tax counsel at Public Strategies Washington, the IRS can compartmentalize normal budget cuts, meaning they can choose to make the cuts in less critical areas of their organization. But the forced spending cuts in this case have to be taken across all departments,
Unlike a typical budget cut, which would allow the IRS to prioritize their work, sequestration will force cuts across the board during the departments busiest time of the year, according to Floyd Williams, senior tax counsel at Public Strategies Washington. The IRS can typically shift around its wo