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The IRS has a reputation as ruthless cutthroats but they're actually extremely helpful and willing to help people with tax issues, if you can actually get ahold of anyone from the IRS. The problem is that they're extremely underfunded and understaffed so it can be tough to contact them. And the Biden administration got a ton of flack from Republicans not so long ago because Biden planned to hire more IRS agents. It's one of the many examples of things that objectively makes life better for most people, because more IRS agents means more assistance for regular people and each IRS agent will bring in more in tax than they cost to hire (which a "fiscal conservative" should care about), but because it might also cause rich people to be audited more Republicans are against it.