Whoever said that must never have been audited.
"IRS Sets New Audit Priorities"
irs.gov
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Selected highlights.
washingtonpost.com
>>>Nowhere for Tax Cheats to Hide
IRS Tempers Feel-Good PR Campaign With Enforcement
By Albert B. Crenshaw
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 1, 2001; Page H02
While few of us enjoy paying taxes, the average American should applaud the IRS's efforts and the Tax Court's backing of them.
Why?
Because the average American -- who works for wages, earns interest and dividends, and deducts mortgage interest -- has little chance of getting away with anything for very long. Those income sources and deductions are reported to the IRS, and the agency matches the reports with tax returns.
The agency's geriatric computers make this system less than perfect, but it's working on fixing that.
Tax rates are based on what Congress and the president think is needed to run the country. If everyone pays what they owe, rates can be lower and still provide the desired revenue. But if some people don't pay, rates must be higher, and Joe Six-Pack, whose income and deductions are document-matched, will pay the full amount, while protesters and cheaters will go their merry ways unless the revenuers catch them.<<<
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"Hearing on the Use of Private Collection Agencies to Improve IRS Debt Collection", 5/13/03:
waysandmeans.house.gov
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