Archive for Fraud, Waste and Abuse
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
Improvements Are Needed to Ensure That Consistent Suitability Checks Are Performed for Participation in Internal Revenue Service Programs November 21, 2019 CFEG reports on a new Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) report which finds that the IRS needs to ensure that suitability checks are performed on applicants…
Posted under: 2019 CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS OF IRS EMPLOYEES, IRS Employees Engage In Tax Refund Identity Fraud
Employee Conduct Issues Are Not Considered When Prioritizing Overdue Background Reinvestigations
CFEG reports that on November 6, 2019 the Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) released a report on employee conduct issues which are not considered when prioritizing overdue background reinvestigations. https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2020reports/202010002fr.pdf TIGTA reported that in 2009 the President issued an Executive Order (13488) requiring employees in moderate-risk positions…
Posted under: IRS Agents Defraud Government And Receive Bonuses, IRS Agents Fail To File Personal Tax Returns, IRS Agents Owe Hundreds Of Millions In Upaid Taxes, IRS Employees Engage In Tax Refund Identity Fraud, IRS Employees Falsify Tax Forms, Theft of Government Property By IRS Employees
Former IRS Employee Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion Evaded Payment of over Half a Million Dollars in Taxes
former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee and former attorney was sentenced yesterday to 32 months in prison in Las Vegas, Nevada, for tax evasion and obstructing the IRS, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Nicholas Trutanich for the…
IRS Fails To Properly Notify Taxpayers of Their Rights When Requested to Extend the Assessment Statute of Limitations
CFEG researches and reports on abuses within the federal government with the goal of educating the public, the Congress and preventing and eliminating it through legislative and program initiatives. In this article CFEG reports on findings set out in a report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration…
Posted under: Examples of the IRS Failing to Notify Taxpayers of Their Rights, Fraud, Waste and Abuse, IRS ABUSE
President Trump Signs A New Law Stopping Asset Forfeiture Abuse By The IRS
CFEG researches and reports on fraud, waste and abuse within the federal government with the goal of educating the public, the Congress and preventing and eliminating it through legislative and program initiatives. In this article CFEG reports on a new law signed by President Trump which stops abuses by the…
The IRS Has Rehired Hundreds of Fired Employees. Congress Should Step In.
For one of the most punitive agencies in the federal government, the IRS sure is forgiving with its own employees. Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., has proposed a bill that would prevent the IRS from rehiring employees fired for misconduct or poor performance. The bill, titled the Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce…
