Archive for The Issues
Friday, September 9th, 2016 @ 7:06PM
National Taxpayer Advocate’s Report
CFEG reports that on July 7, 2016 the National Taxpayer Advocate (Nina E. Olson) released her statutorily mandated mid-year report to Congress that contains extended excerpts from her ongoing Public Forums on Taxpayer Needs and Preferences, presents a review of the 2016 filing season, and identifies the priority issues the…
Monday, September 5th, 2016 @ 7:09PM
Identity Theft and Tax Fraud IRS
CFEG reports that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released its May 2016 report on Identity Theft and Tax Fraud. GAO found that the IRS paid $3.1 billion in fraudulent identity theft tax refunds in 2014. However, because of the difficulties in knowing the amount of undetected fraud the actual…
