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Since December 1996, a selection of IRS Abuse Reports have been emailed daily to over 300 members of Congress, all Federal Judges, several media outlets, and various high officials in the federal government.
In addition, tens of thousands of people are reading these IRS Abuse Reports on this web site since it first appeared on the web in August 1995.
Below are some of the effects that the IRS Abuse Reports are having:
Yahoo's News Coverage of IRS Reforms
January 28, 1998
IRS Chief Pledges Reform for Agency
By Glenn Somerville
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The tax-collecting IRS will be restructured
to make it operate more like a business that serves taxpayers instead of
intimidating them, the head of the severely criticized agency told
Congress Wednesday.
January 13, 1998
Tax Chief Reports Fresh Problems with IRS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief of the Internal
Revenue Service said on Tuesday a new report has
uncovered problems with the tax-collecting agency's methods across the country.
Charles Rossotti, who took over as commissioner of the IRS in November 1997,
said the same improper use of statistics discovered in
Oklahoma and Arkansas and disclosed a month ago has been confirmed in a second,
broader report as going on across the country.
December 13, 1997
Rubin Disturbed By I.R.S. Violations
By Dave Skidmore The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -Treasury Secretary
Robert Rubin promised strong action Friday after an IRS report found the use
of enforcement quotas in the Arkansas-Oklahoma office may have
led to the mistreatment of taxpayers.
November 5, 1997
U.S. House Approves IRS Reform Bill
"By Tabassum Zakaria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House Wednesday approved legislation to revamp the Internal
Revenue Service, which has come under increasing political fire over its treatment of
taxpayers."
October 23, 1997
IRS Reform Bill Passes U.S. House Committee
"By Tabassum Zakaria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation aimed at turning the Internal Revenue Service into a more
taxpayer-friendly and accountable agency passed the House tax-writing committee with broad
bipartisan support Wednesday."
October 10, 1997
Clinton Says IRS Abuses Won't Be Tolerated
"By Randall Mikkelsen
WASHINGTON (Reuter) - President Clinton scrambled to keep pace with a wave of taxpayer
unrest Friday by proposing to make the Internal Revenue Service more 'customer-friendly'.
Republicans dismissed his reform proposals as toothless, guaranteeing a fight in Congress over how
best to respond to taxpayer horror stories."
September 29, 1997
IRS Seeking Remedies Aimed at U.S. Taxpayers
"By Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuter) - Lawmakers have
rushed to stamp their names on legislation and the
Internal Revenue Service has whipped out a list of
remedial steps aimed at turning the agency into a
more taxpayer-friendly zone."
September 26, 1997
Congress Mulls Ways To Reform IRS
"By ROB WELLS AP Tax Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Emboldened by three days of
allegations of IRS abuses, members of Congress now turn to
a variety of proposals to repair and improve the tax
collection agency."
September 25, 1997
IRS Employees Testify on Abusive Practices
"By Tabassum Zakaria
WASHINGTON (Reuter) - Internal Revenue Service employees shielded by screens and voice
distorters told a Senate committee Thursday that managers encouraged questionable practices at the
expense of taxpayers to improve statistics."
September 24, 1997
Taxpayers Detail Wrongs at Hands of U.S. IRS
"By Tabassum Zakaria
WASHINGTON (Reuter) - Taxpayers told a Senate committee Wednesday how they filed for
divorce and bankruptcy, paid thousands of dollars not owed and floundered for years in a
bureaucratic maze to correct wrongs by the Internal Revenue Service."
September 24, 1997
IRS Nightmares Get Senate Hearing
"Finance panel hears from parade of witnesses
WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, Sept. 24) -- Senators
looking into alleged IRS abuses produced a long parade of
witnesses who described Gestapo-like tactics employed by
the tax agency."
September 23, 1997
Senators Accuses IRS of Heavy-Handed Tactics
"WASHINGTON (Reuter) - The Internal Revenue Service found few defenders Tuesday at the start
of Senate hearings on abusive practices by an agency that strikes fear and loathing in the wallets and minds of most Americans."
February 7, 1997
Senators say it's time to give the tax man an audit
"From Correspondent Candy Crowley WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Has the IRS run amok? The Senate Finance Committee is trying to find out, and it has asked for $300,000 to investigate what it has called recurring complaints of taxpayer abuse by the agency. It's tough to compile hard
evidence that tax..."
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