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Saturday, April 26, 2014

The IRS Scandal, Day 352

IRS Logo 2Tax Analysts Blog:  The IRS and the Tax System: Integrity and Fairness for Whom?, by Christopher Bergin:

There are many people who no doubt would like to harm the IRS. Some of that comes with the territory –- after all, most taxpayers dislike the tax collector. But right now, the one hurting the IRS the most is the IRS itself. In the latest bonehead maneuver from the IRS, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration issued a report this week that revealed that agency employees with conduct and tax compliance problems received bonuses and awards. ...

Are you kidding me?! ...

The IRS’s mission statement couldn’t be clearer:

Provide America's taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and enforce the law with integrity and fairness to all.

If some of the tax cops aren’t playing by the rules – and getting bonuses for it – how does that provide us taxpayers “top quality service” and help us understand and meet our tax responsibilities? The two most important words in this mission statement are “integrity” and “fairness.” The one thing largely missing from our tax code is fairness. And the one thing now beginning to disappear from the agency charged with administering that tax code is integrity.

https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2014/04/the-irs-scandal-23.html

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