IRS INCOMPETENCY IS AN OUTRAGE

IRS sent $46 million in tax refunds to 23,994 ‘unauthorized’ aliens – all at the same address in Atlanta

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/21/irs-sent-46-million-in-tax-refunds-to-23994-unauthorized-aliens-all-at-the-same-address-in-atlanta/

The blaze – Jason Howerton - 6/21/2013

The IRS sent 11,284 refunds worth a combined $2,164,976 to unauthorized alien workers at a second Atlanta address; 3,608 worth $2,691,448 to a third; and 2,386 worth $1,232,943 to a fourth.

Other locations on the IG’s Top Ten list for singular addresses that were theoretically used simultaneously by thousands of unauthorized alien workers, included an address in

Oxnard, Calif, where the IRS sent 2,507 refunds worth $10,395,874;

an address in Raleigh, North Carolina, where the IRS sent 2,408 refunds worth $7,284,212;

an address in Phoenix, Ariz., where the IRS sent 2,047 refunds worth $5,558,608;

an address in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., where the IRS sent 1,972 refunds worth $2,256,302;

an address in San Jose, Calif., where the IRS sent 1,942 refunds worth $5,091,027;

and an address in Arvin, Calif., where the IRS sent 1,846 refunds worth $3,298,877.

Washington has apparently been aware of the problem for the better part of a decade.

“The IRS has long known it was giving these numbers to illegal aliens, and thus facilitating their ability to work illegally in the United States. For example, the Treasury Inspector General’s Semiannual Report to Congress published on Oct. 29, 1999—nearly fourteen years ago—specifically drew attention to this problem,” CNSNews.com explains.

Here’s what that nearly 14-year-old report warned: “The IRS issues Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs) to undocumented aliens to improve nonresident alien compliance with tax laws. This IRS practice seems counter-productive to the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s (INS) mission to identify undocumented aliens and prevent unlawful alien entry.”

Yet, according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, the IRS assigned 15,028 unauthorized aliens ITINs at the same address in Dallas, Texas, and 10,356 ITINs at the same address in Atlantic City, N.J.

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2012reports/201242081fr.pdf

7/16/2012 - 51-page PDF

Substantial changes are needed to the individual taxpayer identification number program to detect fraudulent applications

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