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One of the four women to charge Herman Cain with sexual harrassment (one of the two anonymous women named in the original Politico story) is Karen Kraushaar, Communications Director for the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. She previously served as a communications specialist for the Taxpayer Advocate Service. She...
The Daily Names Early Herman Cain Accuser, Drudge Cites Obama Admin Link
News Corp's iPad-only news outlet The Daily has outed one of the two original Herman Cain accusers as Karen Kraushaar, a communications director for the U.S. Treasury's Office of the Inspector General For Tax Administration. According...Show More Summary
TIGTA: Only 14% of Eligible Small Businesses Claim ObamaCare Tax Credit
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration yesterday released Affordable Care Act: Efforts to Implement the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit Were Mostly Successful, but Some Improvements Are Needed (2011-40-103): The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act were signed into law...
IRS stopping more tax fraud attempts
Earlier this week, I posted an admittedly flippant question on Twitter about the continual Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) investigations of the Internal Revenue Service: The consensus on that social media site was "no." Then, as if on cue, the very next day I got an email announcement from TIGTA about one of...
TIGTA: IRS Does Not Adhere to Recruitment/Retention Bonus Guidelines
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration yesterday released The Administration of Recruitment and Retention Incentives Has Improved, but Additional Actions Should Be Taken (2011-10-107): To assist in its workforce planning efforts, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), like other Federal agencies, has the flexibility to use payment compensation in the...
TIGTA: IRS Allowed $3.2 Billion in Erroneous Education Credits in 5-Month Period
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration today released Billions of Dollars in Education Credits Appear to Be Erroneous (2011-41-083): [F]rom January 1 through May 28, 2010. TIGTA identified 2.1 million taxpayers receiving $3.2 billion in education credits that appear to be erroneous, and at least 1.1 million (52%) had...
TIGTA: 10,300 Businesses (Not Projected 25,000) Paid 10% ObamaCare Tanning Tax
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration yesterday released Affordable Care Act: The Number of Taxpayers Filing Tanning Excise Tax Returns Is Lower Than Expected (2011-40-115): The number of taxpayers filing tanning services excise tax returns is much lower than expected. According to IRS documents, in April 2010, the Indoor...
TIGTA: 41% Error Rate in $30 Billion First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Program
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration yesterday released First-Time Homebuyer Credit Repayment Notices Were Incorrect, and the Method Used to Identify Dispositions Is Unreliable (2011-41-097): Each of the laws which provide...Show More Summary
TIGTA: IRS Does not Adequately Monitor EMployee Use of Credit Cards
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration yesterday released Controls Over the Purchase Card Program Were Not Effective in Ensuring Appropriate Use (2011-10-075): From September 1, 2007, through March 31, 2009, the IRS made more than 174,000 purchases totaling more than $80 million using purchase cards. However, the IRS does...
TIGTA: 61% Error Rate in Tax Returns Prepared by VITA Program
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration yesterday released Accuracy of Tax Returns, the Quality Assurance Processes, and Security of Taxpayer Information Remain Problems for the Volunteer Program (2011-40-094): The accuracy rates for tax returns prepared at Volunteer Program sites decreased sharply from the 2010 Filing Season. Of the 36...
IRS: Welfare Agency for Illegal Aliens
A couple weeks ago many news outlets reported on a Treasury inspector general report which found that $4.2 billion had been paid last year to illegal aliens through the Additional Child Tax Credit. That’s true as far as it goes, and plenty bad enough. Show More Summary
TIGTA: Unauthorized U.S. Workers Claimed $4.2 Billion in Tax Credits Last Year
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration yesterday released Individuals Who Are Not Authorized to Work in the United States Were Paid $4.2 Billion in Refundable Credits (2011-41-061): Individuals who are not authorized to work in the United States received billions of dollars from the IRS last year in a...
TIGTA: IRS Made Math Errors in 17% of its Taxpayer Math Error Adjustments
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration yesterday released Some Taxpayer Responses to Math Error Adjustments Were Not Worked Timely and Accurately (2011-40-059): Most (98.4%) of the approximately 8.6 million math error notices were agreed to by the taxpayer. However, our review identified that some responses in which taxpayers disagreed...
TIGTA: IRS Follows 30-Day Deadline for Responding to Taxpayers in Only 8%-56% of Cases
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration today released Taxpayers Do Not Always Receive Quality Responses When Corresponding About Tax Issues (2011-40-058): In November 1998, the IRS issued Policy Statement P-6-12 requiring employees to initiate a response to taxpayer correspondence within 30 calendar days. A... Two statistical samples and...
TIGTA: IRS Fails to Adequately Protect Taxpayer Information in Bankruptcy
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration yesterday released Access Controls for the Automated Insolvency System Need Improvement (2011-20-046), charging that many IRS employees have "excessive privileges" to access confidential information about taxpayers involved in bankruptcy proceedings. Accounting Today, IRS Faulted on Taxpayer Bankruptcy Info Protection
TIGTA: Taxpayer
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration yesterday released The Identification and Evaluation of Systemic Advocacy Projects Designed to Resolve Broad-Based Taxpayer Problems Can Be Improved (2011-10-052): To help meet its mission, the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) is required to identify areas in which groups of taxpayers are experiencing problems...
TIGTA: IRS
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration today released Challenges Remain When Processing Undeliverable Mail and Preventing Violations of Taxpayers’ Rights During the Lien Due Process (2011-30-051): Some taxpayers’ rights may have been jeopardized or violated because the IRS failed to prove it timely sent notices of Federal tax lien...
It’s Friday, Do You Know Where Your Tax Data Is?
You may not. A report issued by the Treasury Inspector General for Administration (TIGTA) (downloads as a pdf) found that the IRS does not always act promptly to notify taxpayers when personal and private taxpayer information has been accidentally disclosed. Information can be inadvertently disclosed a few ways. Mix-ups can happen at the return level: [...]
TIGTA: IRS
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration today released Some Taxpayers Were Not Appropriately Notified When Their Personally Identifiable Information Was Inadvertently Disclosed (2011-40-054): The IRS does not always promptly and properly notify taxpayers of inadvertent disclosures of their personal information.... Show More Summary
TIGTA: IRS
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration today released Challenges Continue With Reporting Complete and Accurate Information in the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act Remediation Plan (2011-10-041): The IRS's financial management systems are unlikely to comply with Federal law before 2014.... The Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996...