Federal shutdown could stop the "government from coming to help us"

Federal shutdown would stop tax audits - Washington Times

by Stephen Dinan

There's at least one government function some taxpayers might not miss in a government shutdown: IRS tax audits.

A senior administration official, briefing reporters on potential effects of a shutdown, said "the performance of tax audits will be shut down or suspended for this period."

Overall, the official said he expects about 800,000 government employees to be furloughed if Congress and the president aren't able to agree on spending cuts before midnight Friday, which is when current stopgap funding expires.

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And we could really see that 799,990 of them are not necessary after all.