| IRS Abuse Reports:
IRS Levy, Wage Garnishment:
As of April, 2008, IRS abuse is
continuing to increase, again. Read some of the testimony of ten (10) years
ago (below), and you will see the same type of out of control
actions. After Bill of Rights legislation, the IRS
retracted its claws for a period of time. However, the IRS claws
are fully extended, and the IRS fangs of economic death are
slashing away. If you believe such is "overstated",
then you simply haven't dealt with some of the out of control
powers within the IRS of today.
Review some of the present
IRS abuse situations:
Situation Report April,
2008: Taxpayer has several tax years which have been at
different stages (e.g., prior Tax Court CDP (stipulated
decision); Collections with interim agreement, and
pending Offer submitted through CDP). Counsel is working
hard to resolve all years under an Offer in Compromise. Read a
very brief summary on the 911 Forms submitted (taxpayer ID
information removed). The IRS actions are arbitrary,
capricious and exhibit a total disregard for the taxpayer as
well as those who rely on the taxpayer, not to mention loss of
future tax revenues. It seems as through the IRS would rather
have everyone feeding out of the trough of government
handouts. At stake is the loss of substantial dollars of
lost tax revenues (current and future taxes) if the IRS succeeds
in putting the taxpayer out of business. However, the IRS, your
government doesn't care about economics, taxpayers advanced age,
life threatening medical conditions, providing medical treatment
to the uninsured, court orders, Stipulated Tax Court Decision,
the IRM or other matters. Reality check: This
could be you or any other American Taxpayer trying to comply,
who is in the system, but being smashed by officials who are out
of control, lack common sense, and are of the view that
they are not accountable to anyone. Read
the 911s.
Situation Report March, 2008:
Stage IV Cancer - too bad, so
sad: A recent example (2008) is a
lady who has Stage IV Colon Cancer. The IRS officials will
verbally recite during negotiations that the situation is
"too bad", "so sad"; however, the
reality is that they don't care. Rather, the IRS
"standards" are robotically utilized and the officials
seek to continually ignore the law which requires them to take
into account the taxpayer's particular facts and circumstances.
The clear objective of the officials is to literally suck every
ounce of life blood, and every ounce of hope, out of the
taxpayer and the family. Their goal is that when they are
finished with the taxpayer, there will be nothing left. It is
clear from case files that some officials are not only out of
touch with reality, but are out of control. The words
"oppressive" and "ruthless", seem very
appropriate. While our government supports other nations, and
those here illegally, it is you, the easy American target (in
the system, trying to follow the law, and trying to raise a family), that is being
squeezed. If you fail to follow the "law", you will
incur penalties and interest, and may risk criminal prosecution.
It seems that more and more IRS officials either lack
necessary accounting background and common sense, or just ignore
the law. Yes, there are some officials that are compassionate,
but it seems that they are being replaced with others incapable
of not only rational thought or logic, but who view the American
taxpayer as a mere source of funds. As a matter of perspective,
under President Reagan, when a situation such as the above would
be brought to the attention of his office, response would be
rapid. Local IRS Managers advised how they would be literally on
the phone for 3 and 4 hours responding to concerns of
counsel as to IRS abuse. However, as under President Clinton,
and now under President Bush, there simply is no response. If by
chance a whimper is heard, the result more often than not is a
mere a rubber stamping of the oppressive conduct.
The IRS / ACS phone script
reader : Ever had someone hang up on you. Imagine spending
about 30 minutes or more on the telephone being transferred and
finally reach an ACS (IRS) employee who refuses to discuss the
facts and ignores what you have to say. The IRS employee then
advises you that she is done with the call and then states (as
though reading directly from a script in front of her) ---
... thank you for calling the IRS ... . She continues reading as
you are requesting that she please not hang up. But after she
finishes reading her script, she then hangs up. Of
course, it takes another 1/2 hour and 2 other IRS employees, to
resolve the matter.
Historical Testimony and
References:
Statement before the Senate Committee on Finance
By Robert Edwin Davis of Dallas, Texas
MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE:
Statement
by J. Earl Epstein
Before the Senate Finance Committee
On Collection Abuses of the Internal Revenue Service...For the past 35
years I have been engaged in the private practice of tax law and during
that period of time have represented numerous taxpayers before the
Internal Revenue Service...
Testimony
of Philip A. MacNaughton
to the Senate Finance Committee
My name is Philip MacNaughton. I am a lawyer with offices in Houston,
and my practice includes representing taxpayers before the Internal
Revenue Service in tax controversies and collection matters. The IRS
claims its revenue officers are trained to be fair with taxpayers, and
that the occasional horror stories represent aberrant situations. I will
tell you about an IRS officer whose abusive actions may have literally
hounded a Houston taxpayer to death.
...
Policy Committee
Other Links:
Complete History of IRS Oversight Hearings, April 1998
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