Posts Tagged ‘Nina E. Olson’

Tax Help For Struggling Taxpayers as IRS Liens Increase in Bad Economy

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

Need more proof that the IRS is unrelenting when it comes to collecting unpaid back taxes? A recent article by the Associated Press reveals that “the IRS filed nearly 1.1 million liens in the budget year that ended in September, a 14 percent jump over the previous year.”
For those who are unfamiliar with tax liens, they are essentially punishments for taxpayers who have fallen behind on their taxes for years.
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Tax Fraud Identity Victims Deserve Better

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

A Treasury Department watchdog said in a report released April 9 that the IRS must do more to combat tax fraud identity theft, asserting that the IRS rarely pursues or prosecutes fraudulent tax returns filed by identity thieves.
Yesterday I posted about how tax fraud identity theft is on the rise. To make things worse, J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration, said the IRS does not do
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