IRS chief: We don't hire tax cheaters anymore....Uh, How long did it take to make the change?

[Jackson]

IRS chief: We don't hire tax cheaters anymore

The Internal Revenue Service has adopted policies that prohibit staffers who cheat on their taxes from working there, the agency's head told senators on Wednesday.

"I have no indication that anyone working for the IRS has not followed the updated procedures," IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told the Senate Finance Committee. He added that those who hired tax cheats in the past "were operating under a different set of rules and regulations."

A 2015 report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found that 1,580 employees at the agency had willfully failed to pay their taxes, while 18,300 did so unintentionally. Of those who willfully failed, the IG found 61 percent retained their positions.

IRS chief: We don't hire tax cheaters anymore

And how many did they prosecute?

Timothy Geithner, 2008 Secretary of Treasury

During his confirmation, it was disclosed that Geithner had not paid $35,000 inSocial Security and Medicare payroll taxesfrom 2001 through 2004 while working for theInternational Monetary Fund.[31]The IMF, as an international agency, did not withhold payroll taxes, but instead reimbursed the usual employer responsibility of these taxes to employees. Geithner received the reimbursements and paid the amounts received to the government, but had not paid the remaining half which would normally have been withheld from his pay. The issue, as well as other errors relating to past deductions and expenses, were noted during a 2006 audit by the Internal Revenue Service[32][33][34][35]Geithner subsequently paid the additional taxes owed.[36][37]In a statement to the Senate Finance Committee, Geithner called the tax issues "careless," "avoidable," and "unintentional" errors.[36]Geithner testified that he used software to prepare his 2001 return, but that the tax errors were his own responsibility.[38][39]

Anyone else would go to jail...

 

[JustAnotherNut]

what's a matta, didn't he use H&R Block?????

 

[Blackrook]

In other news, Macy's has announced that this year will be the last year that they hire a pedophile to play Santa Claus this Christmas.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

IRS chief: We don't hire tax cheaters anymore

The Internal Revenue Service has adopted policies that prohibit staffers who cheat on their taxes from working there, the agency's head told senators on Wednesday.

"I have no indication that anyone working for the IRS has not followed the updated procedures," IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told the Senate Finance Committee. He added that those who hired tax cheats in the past "were operating under a different set of rules and regulations."

A 2015 report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found that 1,580 employees at the agency had willfully failed to pay their taxes, while 18,300 did so unintentionally. Of those who willfully failed, the IG found 61 percent retained their positions.

IRS chief: We don't hire tax cheaters anymore

And how many did they prosecute?

Timothy Geithner, 2008 Secretary of Treasury

During his confirmation, it was disclosed that Geithner had not paid $35,000 inSocial Security and Medicare payroll taxesfrom 2001 through 2004 while working for theInternational Monetary Fund.[31]The IMF, as an international agency, did not withhold payroll taxes, but instead reimbursed the usual employer responsibility of these taxes to employees. Geithner received the reimbursements and paid the amounts received to the government, but had not paid the remaining half which would normally have been withheld from his pay. The issue, as well as other errors relating to past deductions and expenses, were noted during a 2006 audit by the Internal Revenue Service[32][33][34][35]Geithner subsequently paid the additional taxes owed.[36][37]In a statement to the Senate Finance Committee, Geithner called the tax issues "careless," "avoidable," and "unintentional" errors.[36]Geithner testified that he used software to prepare his 2001 return, but that the tax errors were his own responsibility.[38][39]

Anyone else would go to jail...

What if your areas school superintendent stated "We do not hire pedophiles anymore" or Police Chief said "We do not hire Felons anymore". I'm not comparing any of those to tax cheats but I hope some will understand the point.

The IRS Chief made his statement in an attempt to reassure congress that the IRS is fixing a problem. There seems to be "problem fixing" going on with every Federal agency in the US Government. Why do we let this continue to happen ? We show a certain amount of outrage at the excesses by one Goverment agency until some appointed bureaucrat says "We are fixing the problem" at that point short attention spans kick in. Once we move on to the next problem the last one goes back to business as usual.

The US Government is to damn big that is the problem and it needs to be trimmed down to a more manageable level.