The IRS tax examiner who went on the document with O’Keefe Media Group and blew the whistle on the company was retaliated in opposition to, James O’Keefe reported on Friday night.
The whistleblower, David Nelson, mentioned his community entry was revoked on Thursday afternoon.
“We are able to’t do anyplace near what the American individuals assume we are able to,” David Nelsen, Tax Inspecting Technician for the IRS, informed James O’Keefe earlier this week. “We now have very antiquated programs. They aren’t built-in. We’re mainly handcuffed.”
David Nelson mentioned there was just about no funding to enhance something on the company.
“There’s been no funding for many years to attempt to enhance something,” Nelsen mentioned. “When funding is supplied, it’s put in the direction of little Band-Help points as an alternative of the large downside of the entire.”
“We even have very antiquated software program. We use a software program referred to as Built-in Knowledge Retrieval System (IDRS),” Nelsen added.
David Nelsen mentioned the outdated software program has led to a bloated workforce and delays in tax processing.
“We may most likely cut back the scale of the IRS considerably with modifications, applications, a centralized stock system, changing IDRS,” he mentioned.
Final month the IRS fired 6,000 workers as President Trump works to scale back the federal workforce.
The IRS is planning to chop as much as 50% of its workforce.
“I’m not afraid of shedding a profession,” Nelson mentioned. “I’ll fall on the sword if it means I can assist the American individuals and assist everybody else on the IRS who’re doing their jobs.”
On Thursday, Nelson’s entry to the community was revoked.
When James O’Keefe referred to as the IRS Chief of Media to ask for remark, she refused to reply his questions and hung up the cellphone.
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UPDATE: Inside Income Service Revokes Whistleblower David Nelsen’s Entry to Community, IRS Chief of Media Hangs Up on O’Keefe When Pressed for Remark pic.twitter.com/o9NN4MAfaJ
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