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U.S. Treasury Inspector General J. Russell George on a report alleging IRS officials uncovered tax fraud that was ignored by their managers.
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Time mend this time it's the IRS that needs -- probably.
The new report showing that lower level virus officials crying foul on tax fraud but those warnings they were brushed off by agency's supervisors.
One example.
Nearly 24000.
Returns totaling 46 million.
Issued to just one single address in Atlanta also be another one of one bank account.
Receiving more than 8000 refunds.
-- well over 200000 dollars -- another where I count is issued over 2700.
Refunds.
Totaling over seven million dollars treasury inspector general Jay Russell George.
-- -- all and Russell.
How does this how does this happen I mean that was was anybody watching those are some trigger something like that should go off.
You know -- -- -- thank you for having me.
There are constant.
Reviews of fire roots operations.
But keep in mind you have a 100000.
Person organization.
Building with over to -- -- -- a year.
When dealing with hundreds of millions of tax returns so.
Yeah it's almost a needle in haystack but.
Fortunately in this instance we had diligent tax vote for employees of sounded the alarm.
Yet yes -- but the troubling part not only the troubling part about the expected that there was somebody who did find this out -- But the supervisors that's what's bothering me.
I come due and I say look but I found boss and you say never mind.
You know that is one of the most troubling aspects of this.
The allegations that were.
Turned over -- us is that these managers of those Irish employers -- build the -- -- that the management discourage ire of some tax examiners from questioning.
Suspicious.
-- ten individual taxpayer identification number.
Acronym I tend -- applications.
And that there were actually establish policies.
With every prior arrests to ensure that.
People expedited.
The processing of these applications.
And but most disturbingly to me Tom is -- fact that between 2007.
And 2010.
BR -- how to program in place.
That was effective and in fact stopped over forty million dollars and -- -- -- tax returns from being.
Given out -- for some reason we -- eliminated that program.
Well.
I'm glad you're -- and I'm glad you're getting this the whistle blowers come and view and I'm glad you're able to at least bring this to the attention.
Of the of us taxpayers out there because I'm sure it is gonna take a lot of you're.
The vigilance -- to keep that money if the terrorists Russell George appreciate so much you can Madonna talking about it thank you break your -- carbon you've.
