Professor Peabody
11-08-2013, 07:46 AM
Report: IRS Refunded $4B to Identity Thieves
WASHINGTON November 7, 2013 (AP)
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press
The Internal Revenue Service issued $4 billion in fraudulent tax refunds last year to people using stolen identities, with some of the money going to addresses in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Ireland, according to an inspector general's report released Thursday.
The IRS sent a total of 655 tax refunds to a single address in Lithuania, and 343 refunds went to a lone address in Shanghai.
In the U.S., more fraudulent returns went to Miami than any other city. Other top destinations were Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta and Houston.
The IRS has stepped up efforts to fight identity theft, but thieves are getting more aggressive, said the report by J. Russell George, Treasury's inspector general for tax administration. Last year, the IRS stopped more than $12 billion in fraudulent refunds from going to identity thieves, compared with $8 billion the year before.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/report-irs-refunded-4b-identity-thieves-20819027
"The Internal Revenue Service issued $4 billion in fraudulent tax refunds last year to people using stolen identities"
Yea, these are the people I want managing my health care. Maybe if they were less concerned with Conservative groups applying for 501(c)(3)'s and more concerned with A-holes from Bulgaria, Lithuania and Ireland filing phony baloney tax returns, we'd all be better off. Imagine "655 tax refunds to a single address in Lithuania, and 343 refunds went to a lone address in Shanghai." DUH! Didn't any of those cubicle rats think that was just a lil strange? I can only hope every one remembers this when the Democrats shed crocodile tears that taxes aren't high enough. $4 billion dollars up in smoke.....has any one been fired for this?
When the Democrats say our health Care system is broken and the Government needs to implement single payer and take over, just remember this abject incompetence and the lack of accountability in wasting $4 BILLION Dollars. I wouldn't trust them with a sharp knife let alone manage MY health care.
WASHINGTON November 7, 2013 (AP)
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press
The Internal Revenue Service issued $4 billion in fraudulent tax refunds last year to people using stolen identities, with some of the money going to addresses in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Ireland, according to an inspector general's report released Thursday.
The IRS sent a total of 655 tax refunds to a single address in Lithuania, and 343 refunds went to a lone address in Shanghai.
In the U.S., more fraudulent returns went to Miami than any other city. Other top destinations were Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta and Houston.
The IRS has stepped up efforts to fight identity theft, but thieves are getting more aggressive, said the report by J. Russell George, Treasury's inspector general for tax administration. Last year, the IRS stopped more than $12 billion in fraudulent refunds from going to identity thieves, compared with $8 billion the year before.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/report-irs-refunded-4b-identity-thieves-20819027
"The Internal Revenue Service issued $4 billion in fraudulent tax refunds last year to people using stolen identities"
Yea, these are the people I want managing my health care. Maybe if they were less concerned with Conservative groups applying for 501(c)(3)'s and more concerned with A-holes from Bulgaria, Lithuania and Ireland filing phony baloney tax returns, we'd all be better off. Imagine "655 tax refunds to a single address in Lithuania, and 343 refunds went to a lone address in Shanghai." DUH! Didn't any of those cubicle rats think that was just a lil strange? I can only hope every one remembers this when the Democrats shed crocodile tears that taxes aren't high enough. $4 billion dollars up in smoke.....has any one been fired for this?
When the Democrats say our health Care system is broken and the Government needs to implement single payer and take over, just remember this abject incompetence and the lack of accountability in wasting $4 BILLION Dollars. I wouldn't trust them with a sharp knife let alone manage MY health care.