Posts Tagged ‘IRS commissioner’

New IRS Commissioner Committed to Enforcement

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

After year after year of news about increasing levels of enforcement at the IRS, government statistics show tax revenue is up — evidence for the new commissioner that tax enforcement is working
By Michael Rozbruch
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Here’s some bad news for taxpayers who thought the IRS’s increasingly aggressive enforcement tactics would end in the near future: Those tactics won’t end any time soon.
The reason is simple. The Internal Revenue Service now has proof
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Tags: corporate noncompliance, Douglas Shulman, IRS commissioner, tax shelter
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New IRS Commissioner to Tackle Identity Theft

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

As I mentioned in a previous post, the IRS has recently come under fire by critics who say that the IRS does not do enough to treat victims of identity theft or to help them minimize the burden of responding to the crime.
Many identity-theft victims and their accountants have complained about IRS delays and miscommunications in resolving their claims. The IRS says that they are working hard to help victims
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Tags: Identity Theft, IRS commissioner, IRS mission statement, J. russel george, tax fraud, treasury inspector general
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