Biden Pushed Crackdown On Those Avoiding Paying IRS Before Pardoning Tax-Evading Son
President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter’s tax fraud charges Sunday after attempting to crackdown on tax evasion throughout his term. Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act included $78 billion in funding to hire 87,000…
President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter’s tax fraud charges Sunday after attempting to crackdown on tax evasion throughout his term.
Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act included $78 billion in funding to hire 87,000 employees for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as part of an effort to stop wealthy taxpayers from evading taxes and reduce the tax gap — the difference between what taxpayers pay and what they owe. Now, the lame duck commander-in-chief has pardoned his son Hunter Biden for committing some of the very same offenses the IRS expansion was meant to curb.
“The vast majority of families do not contribute to the tax gap because they pay what they owe,” a February 2024 White House statement touting the IRS expansion stated. “It is long past time for the wealthiest households to do the same.”
Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor and three felony tax charges in California in September after failing to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes and filing falsified tax paperwork, with prosecutors claiming he spent much of the money on an “extravagant lifestyle,” including “drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties.” Prior to his father’s pardon, Hunter faced up to 17 years in prison, with the sentencing hearing scheduled for Dec. 16.