Tax collections announced Thursday include $1.3 billion from high-income taxpayers who did not pay overdue tax debts, $2.9 billion related to IRS Criminal Investigation work into crimes like drug

IRS leadership on Thursday announced that the agency has recovered $4.7 billion in back taxes and proceeds from a variety of crimes since the nation's tax collector received a massive glut of funding through Democrats' flagship tax,

GOP lawmakers are framing the IRS's free direct tax filing system as an example of the "weaponization of government against Americans."

Republicans have long called for rescinding the tens of billions of dollars in funding provided to the agency by Democrats.