Time: Wed Dec 17 04:54:09 1997 To: From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: More Comment from our friend, the Great Late Revenue Officer ;-) (fwd) Cc: Bcc: sls References: <snip> > >> > IRS RAISES APPROVAL LEVEL FOR PROPERTY SEIZURES >> > >> > WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service has established >> >interim procedures requiring higher level management approval of >> >seizures of property for nonpayment of federal taxes. >(large snip) > >Great Late Revenue Officer again provides us with his >anonymous comments: > >"It is accurate, I believe, that nothing of significance in outcome >will be seen, nothing discernable. > >It is simply another device, another effort in direct response to the >public outcry. However, the results will largely be the same. Perhaps >a very small percentage of people will avoid a seizure of their property >because of extra scrutiny. Usually, this would only help in the case of >a misdirected employee; someone being guided by his emotions who may >have let things get "personal" in the decision making process, or >someone less skilled in getting the results by using the other, less >drastic means available, or overlooked other obvious optional means or >even options which " IRM procedures" require first. So admittedly this >will eliminate a few seizures. But it will not eliminate the majority >of them, where the higher managers simply are trying to ensure that >their procedural rules are being followed. In these cases, all that is >generally happening is a delay of the enevitable. The real result is >that the "wheels of government are turning a bit slower". > >You are correct, because it does not address the real problem: employees >are following manuals and code which is being misapplied. So it is not >totally worthless, but is nearly totally worthless." > <snip>
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