Individuals across the country are sounding the alarm as the Biden administration recently committed $80 billion to hire an additional 87,000 Internal Revenue Service employees and purchased 5,000,000 rounds of ammunition.
Fox News profiled one such couple.
Texas cattle ranchers David and Deborah Hajda note that the IRS disrupted their business, harassed them and made their lives miserable over a disputed expense of $7,800 for a tractor engine rebuild — a common and modest expense for ranchers.
The Raising Five Cattle Company ranchers’ story was profiled on America’s Newsroom with Dana Perino on Tuesday. Warning that the IRS’ actions were arbitrary, petty and vindictive, the Hajda’s maintain they had done nothing to warrant a full audit. “We got audited over basically a $7,800 engine rebuild on a very old tractor,” said Deborah Hajda.
“They just basically said this was a red flag, and we’re going to audit you, and we’re coming to your house,” Deborah added.
Wanting to minimize disruption to her work, home and business, Deborah asked if she could fax her bank records to the IRS, but agents refused and demanded to come to the home to review “all of her financial records in person.”
And when they did come, Deborah explained, they were not satisfied with the receipts associated with the $7,800 expense in question. “I took out our box of receipts… and we handed it to him. I said ‘Here’s your receipts’… we weren’t hiding anything,” she said.
David continued: “He wasn’t satisfied. He kept digging, and he ended up nailing us. Our tax person was giving us 80% on our work vehicles, and he said you can only do 50%.”
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Feeling intimidated, Deborah said: “I was very naive about the situation. I had no idea of the power, the scope [of the audit] going in three years of my life… and me having no control over that, no control over the information he was given.”
“It was very invasive. You feel very attacked because that guy wanted to go back and say, ‘I got her.'”
Perino asked if the IRS agent sought them out for any reason — did he appear to be filling a quota of any kind?
“Probably,” replied David. “[Though] they said they flagged [us] because our expenses were high that year, and it was because of this repair.”
The Hajdas argue, however, that the tractor repair expense is not high for ranchers or farmers, noting that they kept all records of expenses for the necessary repairs. However, the auditor would not accept their statements or documentation.
During the interview, Deborah took the opportunity to share a warning to other Americans:
“They want to get you. If they’re coming after you for an audit, they don’t want to see your receipt… they want to nitpick your life apart, and that’s not what the American dream is for self-employment, small business.”
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