PPACA climbs IRS vulnerability list

Last year, George noted that PPACA made 42 changes to the tax code and will require the IRS to set up eight new tax administration processes.

This year, George did not try to count the changes PPACA will make in either the tax code or IRS processes. He included a similar description of the responsibility the IRS will have to implement the new PPACA Advanced Premium Tax Credit health insurance purchase subsidy program and enforce the individual health insurance coverage ownership requirement.

“These two issues have a far-reaching impact on the IRS and will require significant resources, particularly customer service resources, as taxpayers turn to the IRS with questions and issues about the Affordable Care Act,” George wrote in the new report. “Customer service has been declining in recent years, with fewer taxpayers being served at local IRS offices and the IRS answering fewer telephone calls.”

The IRS stopped receiving PPACA implementation money at the end of last year, which means that the agency must fund implementation solely from its operating budget, George wrote. 

See also:

• How the debt ceiling bill changes PPACA’s income verification rules
• PPACA: Ways and Means Eyes Health Tax Credit Errors
• IRS struggles to combine PPACA reports