The
president's proposal to boost the Internal Revenue Service's
budget over 10 years would help the agency curb tax evasion by
increasing and better targeting audits of high-earners and large
corporations, the Times said, citing two people familiar with
the plan.
It would also include new disclosure requirements for owners of
businesses that are not corporations and for other wealthy
people, according to the report.
Representatives for the White House did not immediately reply to
a request for comment on the report.
Biden's American Families Plan, expected to be released before
his address to Congress on Wednesday, is part of the Democratic
president's sweeping economic agenda and sources have said the
details are still fluid.
The potentially $1.5 trillion effort could reshape life for many
average people in the United States trying to balance work with
caring for their families, and the White House has said the
wealthy and corporations can afford to pay for new programs.
It would also increase taxes on the wealthiest Americans,
raising the top marginal income tax rate and nearly doubling
taxes on capital gains for those earning more than $1 million,
people familiar with the plan said last week.
While tax increases were part of Biden's presidential campaign,
news of the hike shook U.S. markets last week.
Republicans traditionally have rejected efforts to raise taxes,
and passed a sweeping tax cut in 2017 under Republican President
Donald Trump.
But Biden, who is also pushing for companies to help fund his
separate $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, has been adamant
about targeting non-payers to re-invest in the nation.
"I'm not trying to punish anybody, but damn it - maybe it's
because I come from a middle-class neighborhood - I'm sick and
tired of ordinary people being fleeced," he said earlier this
month.
(Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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