Time: Fri Sep 26 06:37:43 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA28399; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 06:34:56 -0700 (MST) by usr03.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA20423; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 06:31:39 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 06:31:16 -0700 To: harold@halcyon.com From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: IRS Abuse Hearings (fwd) What I could do with $8 billion! What we DID with $2,500!!! Idiots can never learn. /s/ Paul Mitchell http://supremelaw.com At 02:18 AM 9/26/97 +0000, you wrote: >------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- >Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 01:45:26 -0700 (PDT) >From: Charles Stewart <chuck@teleport.com> >To: irs-commonlaw-l@teleport.com >Subject: IrsCL> IRS Abuse Hearings <fwd> > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 02:54:34 +0000 >From: john potter <JOHN-POTTER@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> >To: royale@theramp.net, arl@iag.net, franctrimaldi@juno.com, > irs-commonlaw-l@teleport.com, brainyjany@aol.com, jpresser@netaxs.com, > reneptri@grumpy.magg.net, fedinfo@halifax.com, sunlight@phoenix.net, > am-her@juno.com, lee-thompson@worldnet.att.net, TWStough@aol.com >>>Subject: IRS abuses >>>National Center for Policy Analysis >>>POLICY DIGEST >>>Thursday, September 25, 1997 >>> >>>In Today's News >>> >>>AUDITING IRS ABUSES >>> >>>Witnesses testifying yesterday before a Senate committee investigating the >>>Internal Revenue Service painted a picture of sloppy investigations that >>>harm innocent taxpayers, audits targeted at those less able to defend >>>themselves and bungled management of new computer systems. >>> >>>One of the witnesses, a Syracuse University researcher, presented a >>>computer analysis of government data which showed startling trends: >>> >>> * The number of audits assigned to inexperienced junior >>>personnel rather than experienced professional auditors rose from 20 >>>percent just a decade ago to 58 percent by 1995. >>> >>> * Meanwhile, the conviction rate on cases the IRS referred >>>for criminal prosecution dropped from 61 percent to 43 percent -- while the >>>number of cases the Justice Department found unworthy of prosecution nearly >>>tripled to 2,000 a year. >>> >>> * The audit rate on individuals earning $100,000 or more >>>dropped from 11.4 percent to 2.8 percent between 1988 and 1995, while the >>>audit rate on those earning under $25,000 doubled to 2 percent -- even >>>though these audits involved much less money. >>> >>> * Audits of large corporations, which produce 58 percent of >>>underpayments the IRS finds, have dwindled to 0.2 percent -- but audits on >>>smaller businesses, which yield only 11 percent of underpayments, have >>>doubled to nearly 6 percent. >>> >>>Critics say this is evidence of a pattern of going after individuals and >>>businesses which are less able to contest IRS claims. >>> >>>Although the IRS has spent about $8 billion on new computer systems in the >>>past decade, they are reportedly poorly engineered and frequently >>>malfunction -- creating havoc among taxpayers and the IRS alike. >>> >>>Source: Editorial, "Abuses, Mismanagement Show IRS Needs Shakeup," USA >>>Today, September 25, 1997. >>> >>>************************************************************************* *** >>> NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS >>> DALLAS, TEXAS >>> >>> "Making Ideas Change the World" >>> >>> Internet Address: >>> http://www.ncpa.org >>>************************************************************************* *** >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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