the irs can't do it alone. we need everybody to keep their personal and financial information secure and out of the hands of identity thieves. people need to be actively safeguarding that data, whether on their personal devices or in their personal interactions. this is so important, in fact, that we developed with the security summit partners a public awareness campaign called taxes, security together. that was to let taxpayers know they have a critical role to play in making sure the tax filing process is as safe as possible. i've asked -- i'd ask all of you watching and listening to take a moment to review a set of basic security steps that you can find on irs.gov, our home page. many of these are simple common sense things like using security software on your laptop or knowing how to spot a suspicious e-mail message. i'd also ask that you make sure your loved ones are aware as well. i think we all know someone, perhaps a parent, a close friend, or a relative who may be technologically challenged or behind th

direct contact with the irs is rarely if ever desirable. we can take steps to improve this, but it will require us to make significant changes to the tax code and to the irs itself. hopefully the leadership at the irs will be willing partners in this effort. toward that end i appreciate the willingness to appear today and what will be a meaningful discussion of these important issues and i appreciate the work that he's done over the years. we have a good relationship. he's worked well with me and i personally want to thank him and tell him i appreciate him and appreciate the service that he's given to this wonderful country. with that i'll turn it over to the senator for his opening remarks. >> thank you very much. i have a couple of comments about tax reform at the end as well. now that americans are getting into crunch time with tax filing season, i want to begin today's hearing by discussing what usually happens when early april rolls around. around this time of year, presidents usually release their tax returns to the public. it's been a

the issue of paid tax return preparers. irs has been asked to make sure the folks turning these -- helping folks prepare tax returnses are qualified and competent to do that. it's one of the innumber s i say that 60% of the tax preparers that are not cpas, but they're 60% of them help submit tax returns that erroneous. i wanted to expense ask you to comment, the streamlining critical pay authority. we have had over 1,000, maybe 2,000 vacancies at homeland security for cyber warriors. they're having a hard time finding them and one thing you ask for is streamline critical pay authority expired and that would be maybe another area we could help. would you just respond to those three and are those in the past or still needs and requests you have. >> on fundings we're still in $900 million below where we were stenyears, even with 10 million more taxpayers -- >> down $100 million compared to how many years ago. >> well, if we look the -- looking the '18 budget, it years ago. >> $12 billion. >> 12-3, now -- >> close to 10%. okay. >>

and to the irs itself. hopefully the leadership of the irs will be willing partners in this effort. toward that effort i appreciate the discussion of these important issue and i appreciate personally appreciate the work he's done over the years. we have a good relationship. he's worked well with me. and i personally want to thank him and tell him i appreciate him and appreciate the service that he's given this wonderful country. with that i'll turn it over to senator widen for his opening remarks. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman. i'll have a couple comments about tax reform at the end as well. now that americans are getting into crunch time with tax filing season, i want to begin today's hearing by discussing what usually happens when early april rolls around. around this time of year, presidents usually release their tax returns to the public. it's been a tradition for decades. but apparently that's not going to happen in 2017. it looks like this president will choose to keep hiding his returns and ignoring this very low ethical bar, even though it's clear his blind trust isn't

or is the irs to fill in a park? >> again, i can i noted in my testing, the iss irs is given some credit but as we spoke out in the hall and is discussed during the opening remarks in my comments, the amount of improper payments was in excess of $20 billion a year, if user go. even though it's now roughly 16, 17 billion it still moving in the right direction. even though there was a slight uptake. >> my question is it would be pretty simple to look at an address and say whether or not cannot allow if there's more than ten refundable tax credits claimed, will take a look at that it's absurd that 24000 claims went through one address. >> no, no, they have not picks it. they still have the problem, sir . >> part of the problem is the individual tax identification number. >> that's correct. >> can you describe that? >> congress passed legislation that now requires the use of a social security number if you're a green card holder the use of that number for the earned income tax credit. however, for the additional child tax

the irs must conduct an audit. without correcting an arrow 's ability toe irs correct errors remains limited. we have remained serous and our -- oversight of the irs. as such, we plan to continue coverage of the irs's efforts to payments due to refundable tax credits. sen. johnson: thank you. i just wanted to correct that the improper payments were $100 million. with obamacare, the houseplant, we are looking at more refundable tax credits. our next witness is miss rebecca blank. she became the chairman of the of thechancellor university of wisconsin. blank: thank you. i appreciate having the chance to say a few words. i was an economist prior to wisconsinhancellor of university in madison. can toto do everything i help these institutions. they have also become some of the most regulated agencies. there are multiple interpretations of the rules and many confusing and duplicative requests. my message today is clear, we have added layer upon layer of regulation and are at a point our this is impeding abilities. steps r

by the taxpayer does not match information available to the irs. the irs must conduct an audit. without correcting an arrow 's ability toe irs correct errors remains limited. we have remained serous and our -- oversight of the irs. >> thank you, mr. george. i did fail to point out the seven-year total on refundable tax credits is $441 billion, and the improper payments is over $100 billion. just to show you the magnitude of the problem in just those three refundable tax credits. and we're just kind of, with obamacare, even with the housing plan, we're looking at more refundable tax credits. our next witness is ms. rebecca blank, chancellor of the university of wisconsin-madison in july of 2013. prior to serving as chancellor, she served as the obama administration's secretary of commerce. chancellor blank. >> thank you, chairman johnson and ranking member be mccaskill, members of the committee. i appreciate having the chance to say a few words about the regulation of federal research at our nation's top universities. i was an economist prior to becoming chancellor at the universi

host: particularly not how the irs contest consumers. secondly, the payment via something like a wire transfer or a prepaid debit card, that is another big red flag of fraud. number three, be aware if they want payment right away, they are trying to get you to send money without thinking first. they are trying to get you afraid. that is the third red flag we telling viewers to be aware of. call if you have questions or comments. from you. hear we split up our phone lines recently. -- scams, withsonation the irs, it was a topic at the ,earing earlier this spring testifying in talking about the changing tactics used in the scam this year, here is a bit from that hearing. >> they also redoubled their efforts so they are able to make hundreds of thousands of television calls in short order, and when the scam first started it was individuals calling one-on-one. when they shifted to the auto dialer technology, they were able to blanket individuals with hundreds of thousands of calls, leaving a call that number. about the same time, they shifted

we all hate the irs. let's have enough people there so they can do their job and serve the taxpayers that deserve to have their questions answered, and particularly deserve to catch the people that are trying to get tax credits that they don't deserve. >> the irs is a revenue generating arm of the federal government. it needs the resources necessary to help people comply with their tax obligations. there are studies that show the easier you make it to comply with your taxes the more likely people are to do so. but, senator, if i may just take one quick minute because i in response to a statement by the chairman and by senator peters about multiple refunds going to tens of thousands of addresses, in response to our identifying this, the irs has instituted some changes, and they've just reported to us that in april of this year they were able to stop over 92,000 of these, you know, ill gotten gains, almost half a billion dollars. >> okay. >> so progress is being made there. i wanted to give them credit there

>> guest: the irs impersonation scam is one that is grown. it's the number two most biggest complaint the federal trade commission heard about in 2016. intrinsic amount of money lost it's hard to say because people don't always report their losses. we do know for fraud losses overall around three-quarters of $1 billion in losses reported to the ftc last year just from fraud. as we also know with fraud it's historically underreported crime and we think that's just the tip of the iceberg. in reality i think the fraud losses from impersonation scams run into the billions of dollars. >> host: we're talking about with john breyault. we want to hear your stories if you been a target or victim of some of these scams. the phone lines are open. john from fairfax virginia is across the potomac river. good morning. >> caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i just want to tell the guest that most of these calls are coming from india. i really believe that. a lot of people when they hear about the irs, the first thing do is they freak out beca

. >> and the message has been, just hang up, it's not the irs. >> right. now it could theoretically be one of these debt collectors but hold off assuming that's the case. it's highly unlikely that you would receive a call from a debt collector unless you have had ongoing debt for an extended period of time and the irs is contacted you numerous times but the big thing to remember is how are you making payment? if you are going to irs.gov to make payment or you're writing a check or money order to the u.s. treasury, that's the right way to pay. >> if someone asks you for an itunes gift card, you're probably not paying the irs. >> that's a big red flag right there. and that's how scammers like to receive their payments. another one would be wire transfers. they love to use those to protect themselves so watch out for the method of payment. that should tip you off that it's a scam. >> emma fletcher, thank you so much for joining us from the better business bureau. >>> more than 2 million people take to the skies every day in the united states and that number is

if you get an e-mail that looks like it's from the irs, just delete it. if there's ever an issue, that agent will start the process with a letter in the mail. i'm andrea day for "on the money." >>> cybercriminals crashed in nearly $2 billion in fraudulent tax returns last year. the better business bureau director is joining me. i'm sure this is worrisome for you. when it comes to tax time, how do people know if they've been the victim of a scam like this? >> with these scams, often people don't know until the irs rejects their return and they reject it because somebody else has filed. >> how do you prevent them from getting your refund? >> they're going to do what they're going to do. protect yourself as you would with any identity theft situation. make sure you're protecting your social security number, don't click on links or open attachments. you may receive phishing e-mails related to that. >> why do you think these kind of tax scams are so popular after we've been hearing forever about phishing e-mails? >> as a matter of fact, 25% of the scams reporte

guest: the irs impersonation scam is one that has grown. it is the number two most complained that the federal trade commission heard about in 2016. in terms of the money lost, it is hard to say because people do not always report their losses. fraud losses overall, about three quarters of a billion dollars reported to the ftc last year just from fraud. fraud is an underreported crime. that is just the tip of the iceberg. in reality, i believe the fraud losses run into the billions of dollars. host: we're talking with john breyault. we want to hear your stories if you have been targeted or a victim of some of these scams. phone lines are open. john is of first in fairfax, virginia, just across the potomac river. john, good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. most of these calls are coming from india, and i really believe that. a lot of people when they hear about the irs, he first thing they do is they freak out because some of the answers are machines, it sounds like an american voice. iowa's to do is -- checked the

okay, we all hate the irs. let's have enough people there so they can do their job and serve the taxpayers that deserve to have their questions answered and particularly deserve to catch the people that are trying to get tax credits that they don't deserve. >> senator, the irs is a revenue generating arm of the federal government. it needs the resources necessary to help people comply with their tax obligations. there are studies that show the easier you make it to comply with your taxes, the more likely people are to do so. but, senator, if i make take one quick minute because i -- in response to a statement by the chairman and by senator peters about multiple refunds going to tens of thousands of addresses, in response to our identitying this, the irs has instituted some changes and they just reported to us that in april of this year they were able to stop over 92,000 of these ill gotten gains almost a half a billion dollars. so. >> i appreciate that. >> some progress is being made there. >> i just wanted to g

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. >> the irs is making a big change that could impact you. the agency is handing over the debt collection work to private firms and the firms may call you demanding payment. a practice long deemed a scam by the government. stephanie ramos is live tonight with what you need to look out for. >> rick, for years the irs will never call a taxpayer and demand payment. but now that they have out sources that is exactly what is going to happen. >> the reason for this call is that the irs is file august lawsuit against you. millions of americans heard that threat from scammers claiming to be from the irs. >> for years the irs warned against callers demanding money saying that the irs does not do that. if you are at all behind on your taxes, the irs will have a private company call you starting this spring. it's part of a new program where debt collectors are hired by the irs to chase down long overdue taxes that the irs just can't get to. and they have no choice, a new law enacted by congress requires the irs hire debt collector to help pay for new roa

for years the irs has warned against callers demanding money saying the irs does not do that.u're at all behind on your taxes, the irs will have a private company call you starting this spring. it's part of a new program where debt collectors have been hired by the irs to chase down long overdue taxes that the irs just can't get to. and they had no choice. a new law enacted by congress in 2015 requires the irs hire debt collectors to help pay for new roads. but these new contracts could cause a spike in scam calls. here's how to make sure you're not being scammed when this new program kicks in. the irs will contact you multiple times in writing before you're ever called by contractors. you won't hear from a private collector unless you have multiple years of overdue taxes and all payments will be made to the irs, not the contracted company. >> if you get a phone call from the irs and it's this really aggressive threatening sounding kind of thing, hang up. >> reporter: if you're not sure if you have unpaid accounts with the irs, visit irs.gov, plug in your information and it sh

>> i'd give the irs another billion dollars. billion a year, if we can catch them, then the tax burden on john and the other honest people, i'm assuming he's honest, will go down by 399 billion. david: so sabrina, bill's point, you spend more now and you get more in return. >> i'd have to see the numbers on that one. i'm with john here, again, i think these are lawmakers that have been in washington too long and they have complete faith in themselves to make things better, and this sort of early 20th century progressivism. i do not have any confidence that theist or any other part of the government will make my life better. we should cut that at the irs and cut people's taxes so we can have a simpler more streamlined system. >> bruce, what do you think? >> the democrats aren't the only ones like steve mnuchin, and the treasury secretary said that the irs fell under obama and he wanted to increase the size maybe we need more collectors to get more money in. david: here is specifically what mnuchin said during his nomination hearin

. >> now there will be people calling on behalf of the irs. >> scammers know the names of collectionncies and might use that to fool victims. >> it opens the door to a gargantuan increase in the numbers of collectors that will be contacting the must be lick. >> fixing america's surface transportation act, requires the irs to hire debt collectors to help pay for new roads. debt kplebut victims of the infs scam relate, how do they know it's a debt collector or a scam? >> am i going to believe it when someone says they're from x collection service? i wouldn't, but someone night. >> if you get a call before getting a notice, it's probably a scam. also a real debt collector from the irs will never demand payment by wire, a prepaid card and get this, they will never threaten to arrest you. that's what they always do right now. so don't buy off on that. i want to hear from you, the 7 on your side hot line is on your side. 415-954-8151. >> i know a lot of people are going to be taken. >>> high profile attorney gloria allred says reports that she's under investigation by the state bar are fal

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that the irs just can't get to. they had no choice. a new law enacted by congress in 2015 requires the irs hire debt collectors to help pay for new road. but these new contracts could cause a spike in scam calls. so here's how to make sure you are not being scammed when the program kicks in. the irs will contact you multiple times in writing before you are ever called by contractors. you won't hear from a private collector unless you have multiple years of overdue taxes. and all payments will be made to the irs not the contracted company. if you got a phone call from the irs and it is this really aggressive, threatening, sounding kind of a thing, hang up. >> if you are not sure, if you have an unpaid account with the irs, visit irs.gov. plug in your information. it should tell you. if not give them a call. kendis, diane. >> stephanie. thank you. >> coming up cleaning with ken? dis? >> what? i didn't sign up for that. i will never never wash my hair again now, i fuel it new pantene doesn't just wash your hair, it fue

picking up the phone to pretend that you are the irs and threatening them into pay. >> the fbi and irs have been successful in shutting down illegal call centers, including one based in india where the bay area ties. and the threat to the taxpayers remains. >> the scammers are more sophisticated every year. >> daniel ta har ra who is a franchise tax board says he stopped 21,000 fraudulent returns worth $70 million and they are bolder. there are instances this past year where the scammers called us directly to inquire about status of the refunds. >> and even so, he admitted that more fraudulent schemes are going undetected as the problem is harder and harder to catch and to stop. >> with the amount of information these scammers have, they are finally finding that it is hard to differentiate between the scammer and the fraudulent return. if you compare the two, in some cases the fraudulent return will be better and contain less errors than the original. >> so they have stepped up the review process to take longer to check every return, and that is longer wait times for anybody who is ex-

we should note outsourcing is not a decision by the irs. it is due to a law passed by congress in 2015. the first few hundred letters were set to go out this week warning people their irs debt has been sent to collections. if you are concerned you think one of these calls is a scam log on to irs.gov. the irs scam is so successful it reportedly nets scammers hundreds of thousands a day. joining us to talk tax scams is liz from h&r block. thank you for being here. liz brought this to any attention during her consumer watch facebook live tax call in a couple weeks ago. what is your advice that we can no longer say if someone calls you demanning money for the irs it is a scam. now, let's get to last minute tax questions: what do people need to know >> verify. don't give out information over the telephone. go online and call the phone number and verify you do in fact eve money and make arrangements with the irs directly to cover your tax bill. >> that's good advice. we are hearing private debt collectors make ask for your social security before t

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debt collectors have been hired by the irs to chase down taxes that the irs cannot get to.new law requires that the irs higher debt collectors to pay for new roads, but it could cause a spike in scam calls. here's how to make sure you're not being scammed when the irs kicks in. the irs will contact you multiple times in writing before you hear from contractors. you won't hear from debt collectors unless you have years of overdue taxes. if you get a phone call from the irs and it is an aggressive threatening sounding kind of thing, hang up. if you're not sure if you have unpaid account with the internal revenue service, visit irs.gov. plug in your information it can tell you, if not, give them a call. >>> 67:38 much more to come on "action news" sunday morning. >> reporter: training pays off for mercer county police officer recruits who saved a man's life, i'll have that story coming up. >> children and retirees come together to chat in delaware county. >> sky6 live hd taking a live beautiful look in camden, meteorologist chris sowers is back next with the exclusive accuweat

a bipaisan bill tend to the irs practice has passed through the house unanimously and heading to theenate later this week. does it go far enough to end the insanity. nick gillespie is the editor in chief of reason.com. nick: thanks for having me, kennedy. kennedy: talk about the irs dipping fingers into business owners' cookie jars and taking money that doesn't belong to them from people who have not been charged with crimes. what does the legislation do? nick: what this legislation does is says if the irs or if the federal government wants to seize your money through a tax lien or tax action that you have to be charged with a crime, at the very least. it would be better, i suppose, if you were also had to be convicted of a crime for them to keep the money, but asset forfeiture, civil asset forfeiture is a major issue in criminal justice reform, law enforcement departments at all levels from the barney fife sheriff type to the federal government does this on a systematic basis where they go after people, and one of the ways they get to you cop to a plea or mess up just what you're do

nick: what this legislation does is says if the irs or if the federal government wants to seize your money through a tax lien or tax action that you have to be charged with a crime, at the very least. it would be better, i suppose, if you were also had to be convicted of a crime for them to keep the money, but asset forfeiture, civil asset forfeiture is a major issue in criminal justice reform, law enforcement departments at all levels from the barney fife sheriff type to the federal government does this on a systematic basis where they go after people, and one of the ways they get to you cop to a plea or mess up just what you're doing if they suspect something is they y, you know what? this money was gotten through ill-gotten gains and we're going to hold it and you have to fight back, sue the government to get your possessions back. it's bad, and it just keeps getting more and more out of hand. or sanity his is happening, it at its best. kennedy: interesting, because we've seen from the president and various law enforcement organizations a new push to increase asset forfeit you of

>> yes, one it's important to remember the irs writes the code, not the tax preparers. some promise to get you a higher term than others, at the end of the day, it's not their math, it's the irs' math. where do they do differ? they differ in terms of cost, in terms of capabilities and in terms of user experience. so the software kind of answers the questions you want to answer and helps you through the little hand holding you actually want. one that has a personal price point. >> sean, thank you very much. sean mcway with nerd wallet. get your filing done, man? >> i think i have to do an extension. coming up, can amazon reinvent the very thing it disrupted? brick and mortar retailers. >> the labor department decided to delay the implementation of its retirement rules t. so-called fiduciary rule, which offers retirement advice to the best interest of their customers will be delayed by 60 days while it undergoes a review. according to a filing in the federal register the ve view will examine when the rule hinders americans ability to get access to retirement financial adv

the irs and the debt collection company will both send a let tore the taxpayer first. debt collectors will be able to identify themselves as contractors of the irs collecting taxes, but if the caller asks you to pay them directly, that's a scam. you're required to pay the irs directly ask not anyone else. >>> and if you have any questions about your taxes, head to our nbc washington app. search tax tip. our consumer reporter susan hogan always working for you. she put together a bunch of information to help you out. >>> the city of hyattsville will decide whether it will become a sanctuary city. president trump signed an executive order that cuts off federal money to sanctuary cities. that could mean a loss of $20,000 in federal grant money. the city will hold a final vote on the tonight. >>> and today is the first weekday commute during metra's newest surge. this will likely impact you. the green belt station is closed. you might have to start or end your commute on a shuttle bus. but they are free and running between the prince george's plaza, green belt and college

the irs shut down the tool in march, then the irs began notifying as many as 100,000 potential victimsf the problem in early april. now college administrators say they are getting fewer applications for college because of the shutdown. more than half of parents and students apply for student loans using that tool. the national association of student financial aid administration said in a letter to the irs that the trouble is making the spring financial aid application tougher than ever appear the abrupt outage in the midst of application filing season is extremely troubling, made worse by the fact that it is the department of education and the irs that took nearly a week to publicly acknowledge it was not working. the irs for its part said the tool will be back online by the start of the next fafsa filing season and making sure the data retrieval tool is not any longer vulnerable to thieves. >> jon: gerri willis, thank you. >> jenna: scientist unveiling a new discovery near the second largest planet in our solar system, so what secret does saturn hold? "the final 30" next. ♪ ♪ let's ta

agencies and might use that to fool victims. >> it opens the door to a gargantuan increase in the number of irsnators contacting members of the public. >> reporter: the irs says a new law called fixing america's surface transportation act requires the irs to hire debt collectors to help pay for new roads. you see, debt collectors get a cut of the taxes they collect t. victims of the infamous scam wonder how to know if it's really the collection agency or really a scam. >> am i going to believe it when somebody says this is xyz agency? >> no. but somebody else might. >> reporter: the irs says it will mail 2000 britain notices before any debt collector calls. if you get a call before getting a notice, it's probably a scam. also a real irs debt collector will never demand payment by wire or pre paid cards and you will never be threatened with arrest. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> officers recovered $100,000 in cash in sam rare coins during a traffic stop on the bay bridge t.chp tweeted a photo of the officers. last week they spotted the vehicles suspected in the death of an elderly person

, the tool used by the justice department and irs agents enable government to seize people's money ifng habits were similar to money launderers and drug cartels. amounts as small as $10,000 could spark a seizure. agents scam the continuous small deposits into bank accounts, they watch that. trouble is plenty of small business other than ors do exactly that with no intention of laundering money or selling drugs. randy says he is one of those ensnared in what is simply an abuse of the asset forfeiture program. government agents took $65,000 from the maryland dairy farmer's bank account in 2012 and held some of the money for four years. he was never charged with a crime. >> they shouldn't be able to come in and take my money without proving that i did something wrong first. i think they need to keep track of cash because, you know, people do do bad things. >> reporter: so congressman peter roskam and joseph crowley introduced legislation late last year to limit the irs' ability to seize people's money without first charging them with a crimement it passed there unanimously, and now u.s.

shall know this but the tax filing deadline is tomorrow and even with three extra days this year, the irsit expects millions of americans to still wait until the last minu minute. experts in part blame access to online filing which make it easier to put off and millennials the most likely to put it off people 18 to 34 are likely to have the easiest tax returns to file. >>> it's been one year since medical marijuana has been legal in pennsylvania. >> today in harrisburg governor tom wolf celebrated that anniversary melter marijuana advocates along with families impacted by the bill joined state officials. so far, the department of health has completed temporary regulations for growers and processors and has approved more than 200 applications. the governor says it has brought about real change to the state. >> we a have good program. we have learned from failures, the trials, the challenges of other states and i think have done everything in our power to make sure that we don't repeat those mistakes. >> no dispensaries have opened in the state of yet everything should be up and running nex