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To: Ish who wrote (410842)	2/15/2011 12:31:03 PM
From: alanrs	Respond to of 793570

They took my car over $4k, but I was just a kid and easy pickins. ARS

To: Ish who wrote (410842)	2/15/2011 12:32:05 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793570

Sure, if you're audited and don't pay up, the IRS can take whatever it wants. But my comment pertained to finders fees. Was your audit triggered by a "finder", a person who turned you in for the fee? Or was it triggered because one of your schedules got flagged?

To: Ish who wrote (410842)	2/15/2011 12:34:30 PM
From: goldworldnet	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793570

This is really old from 1988, but it's from an article in Time magazine. The legislation would bar the IRS from setting collection goals for agents or using the amount of money they bring in as a criterion for promotion. The IRS has an internal regulation prohibiting collection goals, but it is often ignored. On the door of an IRS office in Los Angeles, an agent told Congress, was taped a sign with the rallying cry: SEIZURE FEVER -- CATCH IT. The employee with the best seizure rate in the office was given extra time off as a reward. time.com * * *