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Internal Revenue Service Employees Made Questionable Claims for the Homebuyer Credit
To qualify as a first-time homebuyer, a taxpayer (or a taxpayer’s spouse) may not have previously owned a principal residence for three years prior to the purchase date of the home for which the Homebuyer Credit is claimed. https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2010reports/201041069fr.pdf TIGTA reported that it developed computer programs to identify IRS employees…
13,591 IRS Contractor Employees Owe Millions of Dollars in Federal Taxes
CFEG reports that on August 30, 2013 the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, (TIGTA), issued a report finding that 13,591 IRS contractor employees owed millions in federal taxes and that just 5% or 691 of these employees owed nearly $5.4 million. This article will examine pertinent statistics and findings…
IRS Employees With Recent Conduct Issues, Including Tax Compliance Issues, Received Awards
CFEG reports that on March 21, 2014 the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, (TIGTA), issued a report finding that IRS employees with conduct issues including tax issues received awards. http://snip.ly/z4346#https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2014reports/201410007fr.html TIGTA found that between October 1, 2010 and December 31, 2012, IRS employees with recent substantiated conduct issues resulting in…
IRS Supervisor Arrested on Charges of False Statements and Theft of Government Property
CFEG reports that on March 22, 2018, in the Central District of California, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) supervisor was arrested by agents of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) on charges of theft of Government property and making a false statement. The IRS employee had been indicted for…
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Former IRS Employee Sentenced for Stealing Taxpayer’s Identity on May 11, 2018
CFEG reports that on May 11, 2018, in a federal district court in the Western District of Arkansas, a former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee was sentenced and remanded to custody for aggravated identity theft and false representation of a Social Security Number (SSN). The IRS employee had been indicted…
Former IRS Employee Sentenced to Prison for Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns on April 16, 2018
CFEG reports that on April 16, 2018, in a federal district court in the Western District of Missouri, a former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee was sentenced for filing false tax returns. She was initially charged with this offense, plus aggravated identity theft, in January 2017, in a 15-count indictment….