I just read the following article with utter disbelief. The IRS is knowingly allowing the theft of our social security numbers as long as the criminals aren't being too criminal.
IRS chief: Agency encourages illegal immigrant theft of SSNs to file tax returns: The IRS is struggling to ensure that illegal immigrants are able to illegally use Social Security numbers for legitimate purposes, the agency's head told senators on Tuesday, without allowing the numbers to be used for bad reasons.
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IRS Commissioner John Koskinen made the statement in response to a question from Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., during a session of the Senate Finance Committee about why the IRS appears to be collaborating with taxpayers who file tax returns using fraudulent information. Coats said that his staff had discovered the practice after looking into agency procedures.
What we learned is that ... the IRS continues to process tax returns with false W-2 information and issue refunds as if they were routine tax returns, and say that's not really our job, Coats said. We also learned the IRS ignores notifications from the Social Security Administration that a name does not match a Social Security number, and you use your own system to determine whether a number is valid.
Can't wait till you can make money selling your ss# to illegals and then claim identity theft while filing for returns under a stolen number.
ReplyDeleteWow...you took that to a whole different level. Please don't let the government get wind of your idea. We will all be issued new numbers just so they can steal from fake fakesters. Thanks for visiting!
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