rich. [ applause ] >>> coming up tonight on cspan-3, with a tax deadline tomorrow, we speak with nina olson. then the u.s. hosts a talk on u.s. dependence on foreign oil. after that, prescription drug abuse and the release of those drugs to rural markets. on tuesday the subcommittee on human rights and civil rights will hold a hearing on racial profiling. senators will examine the impact of newly enacted immigration laws, anti-terrorism efforts and law enforcement practices across the country. watch that at 10:00 a.m. eastern tuesday on cspan-3. >>> ret trial of former pitcher roger clemens. he lied to congress in february 2008 on performance-enhancing drug use in baseball. >> let me read to you what his wife said in her affidavit. i, laura petit, do depose and state in 1999 or 2000, andy told me he had had a conversation with roger clemens in which roger admitted to him using human growth hormones. mr. clemens, once again, i remind you you're under oath. you have said your conversation with mr. petit never happened. if that was true, why would laura petit remember him telling her about the

. >> nina olson, this profile of you on the christian science monitor shows you helping a -- the problem at hand was an individual retired. even hard for you. >> yes, and i do tax returns for me and my family, tax returns for my family. we can take a lot of lessons from 1986 where we really did get major tax reform. but it took about six years of hard work and four years of intensive work. getting the plant shot down, going to the drawing board. about two years of really hard legislative work and it died several deaths. somebody said to me at one point, bill gale from brookings, said to me at one point, the tax reform that's going to happen that will really work, is something that every day looks at as impossible. so something that's going to happen is what we view as impossible today. my argument is, we just don't have any choice. we have to get comprehensive tax reform. and i do think that what's required is enormous political will and political will on the part of the administration and political will on the part of congress. and more importantly, and this is where i've sort of been t

miller, deputy commissioner of service and enforcement at the internal ref newspaper services, miss nina olson, taxpayer advocate, russell george, deputies inspector general for tax administration and james white, director of strategic issues at the united states government accountability office. we have had a chance to review your written testimony and appreciate your submitting that ahead of time. it allows me to go through and i'm famous for my blue marker and making notes on things i want to try to get to in the time we'll have. we do appreciate having that in advance and we welcome your testimony today. if we can try to stay to about the five-minute window and that hopefully will allow us to get through all of your opening statements before running to the floor for votes and coming back for questions. if could i ask all four of you to stand pursuant to our committee rules, i need to swear you in. if you could stand and raise your right hand. do you solemnly squawear or aff the testimony you are will to give this committee will the truth and nothing but the truth? let the record show all w

steven miller of service and enforcement at the internal revenue service, miss nina olson, national taxpayer advocate, j. russell george, treasury inspector general and mr. james white, director of strategic issues at the u.s. government accountability office. we thank you for being here. we've had a chance to review your written testimony and appreciate you submitting that ahead of time. it allows me to go through, i'm famous for my blue marker and making notes of things to get to. we appreciate that in advance and welcome your testimony today. if we can try to stay to about the 5-minute window and that will hopefully allow us to get through your opening statements before running to the floor for votes and coming back for questions. commissioner miller if you would like to begin. i apologize. if i could ask all four of you to stand pursuant to committee rules i need to swear you in. if you could stand and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give this committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. thank you. you may b

irs national advocate nina olson at how the office helps taxpayers navigate their returns.hey discuss federal programs that provide job training and employment of attendees for those under 55 years old. it is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> it has been nearly 10 years since the release of robert caro third volume of lyndon johnson. johnson.

irs taxpayer advocate nina olson talks about how her office helps taxpayers navigate their returns.his discussion on federal programs that provide direct job training and employment assistance to low-income individuals over 65 years old. >> frankly, we owe it to our

host: nina olson is the national taxpayer advocate that helps americans. taxes are due tomorrow at midnight. not today. mr. date was sunday. yesterday -- yesterday was sunday. today is the 150th anniversary of emancipation day in the district of columbia. guest: two extra days does not lead to procrastination. we have one spike about the end of january, beginning of february, and they rushed out to get their refunds. and we have the spike toward the end of the season and that is people who owe taxes, and they tend to wait until the last minute. what we now have is a lot of people who are having to file extensions because more people than ever are invested in mutual funds, stock accounts, and often they do not get the information from the brokerage houses until very close to the filing deadline, said they file an extension and have until october 15. the third spike is october 15. host: 60% of individual taxpayers higher someone to do taxpayers for them. 19 out of 19 tax preparation outlets made mistakes on tax returns. 17 of them made significant mistakes.

host: nina olson, thank you so much for joining us. is the taxpayer advocate for the united states. coming up, we will be looking at the weekly "your money" segment. >> the studentcam competition asked students to create a video on what part of the constitution is most important to them and why. hael is a junior in high school. hi, michael. >> this protect the right to copyright. >> why did you choose this as your topic? >> i am interested in music and films. >> what is the copyright protection? >> it allows an artist to keep their work from being stolen by someone else and somebody else claiming it as their own work. >> as these technologies have come out, they have had an impact on copyright. what is the biggest negative consequence? >> file sharing, allowing someone to take an individual file and give it to other individuals. it is basically like stealing, in the digital world. >> how does this affect artists? >> it takes money away from artists. the individuals lose because of the individuals are sharing the info all over the inter

nina olson is the national taxpayers advocate. her government office helps taxpayers and proposes irs reforms to congress. >> essentially, the tax gap translates into $2,200 that each taxpayer pays for someone else not paying their own taxes. >> quick: and there's all this outrage at the irs. why not more outrage at the cheaters? >> absolutely. they're not cheating the irs, but your next-door neighbor is gonna pay more in taxes if you cheat. >> quick: and then there's the possibility of becoming one of the 4,700 targets the criminal investigation division goes after each year. if you're suspected of cheating, the cid may soon be on your trail. and these irs special agents aren't just pencil pushers. >> we're accountants that carry a gun and a badge, and we'll find your money. we have undercover, we do surveillance, we have arrest warrants, we have search warrants. >> quick: overall, irs enforcement results are impressive. for every dollar they spend on investigations, they recover $4.50. >> our cases are criminal in nature. they'r

nina olson and others have said we believe the irs is a good investment. we are in essence the people who bring in $4 trillion and it is 90% of every dollar that comes in. as we pull people and we have pulled many people to work on identity theft as we had to and as we should. that does impact other programs. >> if i might herman cahn earlier points from the inspector general the ira's have a project that is looking into the impact of service on compliance, my office is working closely with the office of research and the investment division and we are doing a lot of surveys to taxpayers and will be interesting what we find out and this this is a constantly d area. you can get resolution but where we send notices to taxpayers early in the system, very effective. what that leaves us with are those taxpayers who are not going to willingly come forward. it is how you do the nudging. the main point i want to talk about is the comment about our document match. we have been giving significant tools with merchant card reporting. but the provision that would have g

nina olson talks about health or office helps taxpayers navigate their returns."washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this year studentcam competition estes across the country, what part of the constitution is important to them, and why. today's third prize winners selected the 25th amendment. >> schools are not teaching kids about six, so how will they become responsible voters. do you know who the president>> barack obama. >> barack obama. >> do you never the vice- president is it? >> something biden, i think. >> joe? mr. joe? >> no. >> no. >> i don't know. >> do you know the five freedoms? >> 5 freedoms? >> we can do what we want. no? >> i don't know. >> justice sandra day o'connor noticed this issue and came up with a plan called icivics. is a fun way for students to learn about government. her goal is to revise the teaching of civics in american schools to help prepare the next generation of kids to participate as citizens in a democracy. >> we want to be able to say, "yes, this is my government. this is how it works. i am able to commu

nina olson, national taxpayer advocate, the honorable george russell, inspector for tax administrationand james white, director of strategic issues. we think each of you for being here. we have had a chance to review your testimony, and we appreciate you spending that. it allows me to go through and make a note of things i want to get to during the time we have. we do appreciate having that in advance. if we could try to state to a five minute window, that would be great. and then we will come back for questions. commissioner miller, if you'd like to begin. i apologize. if i could ask all four of you to stand, i need to swear you in. if you could stand and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear and affirm that this testimony that you are giving this committee is the whole truth and nothing but the truth? thank you. all four witnesses have affirmed the oath. >> my name is steve miller. deputy commissioner of the revenue service. i appreciate the opportunity to testify today and update the committee on our work this season. the tax gap is the difference between the amount of tax ow

nina olson national taxpayer advocate and the honorable russell george inspector general for tax administration and james white director of strategic issues at the united states government accountability office and the thank each of you for being here. we have had a chance to review your testimony and appreciate your submitted that ahead of time. it allows me to go through it. i'm famous for my blue marker and making notes for things i want to get to in the time we will have but we appreciate having had in vance -- advance. try to stay in in the five-minute window and hear opening statements before running to the floor for votes in coming back for question so commissioner miller if you would like to begin. i apologize. if i could ask all for it would be to stand pursuant to our committee to swear you in. you can stand and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear dash solemnly swear or from the testimony you're about to give the committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? thank you you may be seated and reflect before when when this is a firm deal then we will beg

we'll be talking about taxes with nina olson, the i.r.s. national taxpayer advocate.om afghanistan over night. in case you missed it from the news this morning, taliban has confirmed it's launched a series of coordinated attacks against seven sites targeting nato he headquart headquarters parliament and other residents. at least two of the attackers so far, according to associated press have been killed. five others wounded in the kabul attacks and a taliban spokesperson claiming responsibility saying in a statement that scores of suicide bombers were assaulting the capital and three other provinces in afghanistan. the story that we'll continue to follow and have more tomorrow morning on "the washington journal." thanks for being with us on this sunday. i hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend and have a great week ahead. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012]

host: nina olson, thank you so much for joining us. she is the taxpayer advocate for the united states. >> and the filing deadline for income taxes is tomorrow. today at 1:00 eastern, americans for tax reform president grover norquist will be holding a news conference calling for lower taxes. he will be joined by dave camp and representatives from the heritage foundation, freedom works, and the national taxpayers union. that will be live on c-span to at 1:00 eastern. starting in a couple of moments, live coverage of a news conference, as victims of gun violence, family members of people killed by guns, hosted by the brady center. there has been a delay in the start of the spirit it was expected to get underway at noon eastern. until then, your phone calls from today's washington journal. host: voters are confident their financial situation will improve this year, even as 39% say they're less confident economy is improving. just over half of respondents, 52%, said they expect their finances to improve either a little or a lot next year,

nina olson, national taxpayer advocate, audible the j.ssell george, inspector general for the taxes ministration, and mr. james white, director of strategic issues at the unisys government accountability office. we thank each of you for being here. we have had a chance to review your written testimony, appreciate your submitted that at a time. it allows me to go through it, famous for my blue marker and taking notes of things i want to try to get you in the time we have dick we do appreciate having had in advance, and welcome your test went today. if we can try to stay to about five minute window, and that will hopefully allow us to get to all of your opening statements before running to the floor for votes and then coming back for question. commissioner miller, if you like to begin. i apologize. if i could ask all 40 to stand, pursued her committee rules, i will swear you win. if you could stand and raise your right hand. [witnesses were sworn in] >> thank you. you may be seated and let the record reflect all four witnesses affirmed the

. >> nina olson is the national taxpayer advocate. the taxpayer advocate service is an independent tax service in the irs that helps taxpayers. taxes are due tomorrow at midnight. yesterday was sunday, today is a holiday in the district of columbia. i have a picture here of the celebration going on. d.c. mayor, vincent gray delivering a speech yesterday. it's the 150th anniversary of d.c. emancipation day. it's not the day taxes are due. instead tomorrow. have people procrastinated more or less because they have two extra days? >> i don't think two extra days promotes pro contrakrprocrastin. we have a spike in the middle, people are getting their w-2's, and then spike number 2, people tend to wait until the last minute. then we have a lot of people who are having to file extensions partly because more people than ever are invested in mutual funds, in sotock accounts and things like that, and often they don't get the correct information from those brokerage houses or financial institutions until very close to the filing deadline, so to