Subject: IRS -Poor Keeper of the Treasury Comment: The IRS cannot collect approx. $350-400 billion/year. As a former compliance offi- cer w/IRS for 28 yrs. it's quite evident that the IRS has been severely curtailed in its efforts to collect. In the mid-six- ties, the compliance, non-compliance ratio was 96% compliance, 4% noncompliance. At present, it is 60-40. The 40 percent tran- slates to the previously mentioned $350- $400 billion in uncollected taxes. The l998 act severly tied the IRS' hands in collecting what was owed. Now, the manual is replete with numerous appeals and road- blocks that impede collection efforts. Millions of dollars toll (statue expira- tion)daily and are lost forever. But the major problem is historically poor IRS re- cruitment - the IRS is staffed with poor quality personnel. This commission is tak- ing the easy road by citing "too many tax- breaks"; they're not willing to concentra- te efforts in remedying the real problems. |