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Archive for September, 2016

One way to deal with IRS imposters…

Posted by taxguru on September 29, 2016

Sherry found this hilarious video of a guy turning the tables on a telephone scammer who can barely speak English and wants the victim to pay delinquent Federal taxes to IRS by purchasing Target gift cards. There are too many obvious signs that this call is a scam to even count; but some people still fall for these.

   

 

There is one very interesting twist to this phone call that I have never seen described in any other accounts of similar scam IRS calls.  After the intended victim reveals that  he is screwing with the scammer, the scammer basically claims to be a Pakistani terrorist follower of Osama Bin Laden.  Has our FBI looked into the possibility that the IRS imposters are funding Islamic terrorist organizations?

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What could go wrong here?

Posted by taxguru on September 26, 2016

New Private Debt Collection Program to Begin Next Spring; IRS to Contract with Four Agencies; Taxpayer Rights Protected

It’s not bad enough that people have had to deal with scammers posing as IRS personnel via threatening phone calls and emails.  Now IRS has enlisted the services of four private sector collection agencies to squeeze money out of delinquent tax(non)payers.  They tried this approach a few years ago and quietly dropped it as unsuccessful.  I have no idea why they expect better results this time.

How long do you think it will be before scammers will be impersonating these companies and trying to harass people into paying them for bogus tax debts?  I’m guessing those scumbags will be on the prowl within days from now.

The IRS promise to protect taxpayers from abuses by these outside collectors fails to instill any confidence after the agency’s continuing inability to protect us against criminal abuses by their own employees, such as Lois Lerner and John Koskinen. 

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IRS Commissioner tries to defend his perjury to Congress…

Posted by taxguru on September 21, 2016

The new euphemism for perjury is “faulty testimony.”

IRS boss Koskinen takes heat at impeachment hearing for faulty testimony

I’m sure he is thinking, “Everybody lies in DC.  Why should I be singled out for punishment?”

bHo-oncouch(2016-09-22)

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Trump’s Tax Issues That Would Affect Us

Posted by taxguru on September 19, 2016

It’s a normal part of political campaigns to focus attention on issues that really have no bearing on the big picture of who would be the better president.  The Hitlery campaign has been trying to make a big deal out of Trump’s refusal to reveal his personal income tax returns to the public.  While his excuse for not revealing them, an IRS audit, is bogus, I actually admire his stand as one more non-traditional campaign tactic that has thrown the DemonRats and their enemedia propagandists completely off balance. 

However, even if Trump were to cave in to the pressure to open his tax returns up for media scrutiny, what difference will those have on any of us in the real world?  Zip, zero, nada.  His opponents just want to find something on the returns that they can use to shame or embarrass Trump.  

What would actually affect our personal and business lives in the future are the changes that could be made to the tax system under a new presidential administration.  Tax Foundation has just published a very interesting in depth analysis of Trump’s plans to modify the Federal income tax system.

Details and Analysis of the Donald Trump Tax Reform Plan, September 2016

Again, since most politicians will say absolutely anything in order to win votes, there is no guarantee that campaign promises will become reality.  However, it does give us a taste of what a candidate’s economic platform may look like. 

Hitlery’s economic beliefs have always been well known, so there really isn’t any need for much new analysis.  We can just refer to her guiding philosophy.

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A headline I never expected to see…

Posted by taxguru on September 13, 2016

Something to ponder during this Tax Season, leading up to the October 17 extended due data for 2015 1040s.

Republicans submit resolution to impeach IRS commissioner

Hopefully, this is the first of many similar headlines we will be seeing.  Everyone knows that there is no shortage of flagrant lawbreakers in the current (second term) and previous (first term) bHo Regimes.

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