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IRS Wastes Taxpayer Dollars and Claims it’s Efficient
The IRS loves to claim it is an efficient organization, often using the most inefficient bureaucracies on the planet as a basis of comparison. After drawing a single comparison between the IRS’s unproductive exploits and the easy tax revenue it lets slip through the cracks and the essential services it…
They Lobby to Make Government Inefficient, Frustrating and Costly for YOU!
Simplifying the tax-preparation burden has historically always been a bi-partisan issue, but legislation to that effect rarely ever meaningfully gets passed through Congress. There are bad actors that fester in the halls of Congress who have continually obstructed the passage of “return-free filing” legislation which would pre-populate tax…
IRS Above the Law!
It’s tax season again, a perfect time to remind America’s taxpayers that “poor management is not a crime,” well if you’re an IRS employee anyway. It’s been a little over 3 years since Lois Lerner, the former director of the exempt organizations unit of the IRS has been in the…
Missouri Man Indicted for $12 Million Tax Refund Fraud, Voter Fraud, Illegal Reentry and Felon in Possession of Firearm
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs CFEG reports that the Department of Justice reported on March 29, 2017 that a federal grand jury sitting in St. Louis, Missouri, returned a superseding indictment charging a St. Louis resident for his role in a sophisticated stolen identity refund fraud scheme and…
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
CFEG reports that the Treasury Inspector for Tax Administration (TIGTA) released a report on April 7, 2017 detailing its interim results of the 2017 tax filing season. CFEG highlights TIGTA’s findings with respect to identity theft tax refund fraud. The full report may be viewed by clicking on the link…
Senator Marco Rubio of Florida introduces a Bill in the United States Senate
Senator Marco Rubio of Florida introduces a Bill in the United States Senate requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft. CFEG is pleased to announce that a…
