THE HOUSE CUTS THE IRS BUDGET. “Basically, this backs out the one-time spending approved last year to fight identity theft and continues a hard budget freeze at the agency. Keeping spending at this level means that the IRS will have to prioritize their resources away from things like Obamacare implementation and harassing ordinary families and small businesses. The IRS will still have plenty of money to go after actual criminals and tax cheats, but hopefully not enough money for fishing expeditions elsewhere.”