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i want everyone who context the irs to get what they need. this year, everyone is not getting what they need, but we are doing a pretty good job given the resources we were given. >> thank you, commissioner. i am looking at data and the budget cuts compared to the level of service are not always, they don't always follow, given this information from the gao. we just encourage you to continue to work on that and we would be delighted to work to do anyway weekend. with that, i would recognize mr. lewis for 5 minutes per >> thank you, very m. >> the gao notes there has been a 34% increase in the number of calls for this filing season and a 50% increase in calls answered by the automated phone service. can you tell us what are the taxpayers calling about? what is the nature of the calls? >> calls can be anything from people want to set up a payment plan, to people are curious. i'm filling out my return and i'm going to take this deduction. how does that work? just general tax law questions, two questions about where is my refund? i filed last frid

the irs is not.tly increased the amount of resources we've devoted to identity theft which is a heinous crime. >> just one week after our interview, the irs sent a team to meet with tampa and north miami beach police officials. law enforcement tells us there's a simple solution to curbing much of the fraud. don't allow the refunds to be put on debit cards. >> why hasn't the irs stopped that? >> not every taxpayer has a bank account. so the debit cards that are issued by a third party provider are a legitimate way for taxpayers to get their refund. >> and the fraudsters know time is on their side. the faster the irs sends out the returns, the sooner they get some hardworking taxpayer's cash. >> it's an underground epidemic. it's taken the place of street level drug dealing. >> are these your cards? >> it is a scary proposition. >> so randi, where is the guy we saw arrested in your story? >> he is in jail awaiting a court date. but he hasn't yet entered a plea for the marijuana possession or the grand

the big irs. secondly, you will make the irs mad. and let me tell you, they can be really nasty for the rest of your life and you don't want to do that. so, we thought about it and we said, it is just not right. so we went to washington. never having been to washington before, we just couldn't believe this could possibly be the way. congress or somebody. we went knocking on doors not knowing anybody. we are very persistent. that is one thing we are. very persistent. through that, we got a referral to bernard finstewald who had been involved in the committee side staffer getting the freedom of information passed and was in private practice as an attorney. we called him up and made an appointment. we went to his office and laid it out. he said this is normal. what you have to do is call the government's bluff. the way you do this is you filed suit in court and then they know you are serious. and they will turnover the records to you. here's a copy of the complaint. you just have to change the words around a bit and file it and you are

they did not need to engage the irs in the back and forth.y could've helped themselves out, filed a 990 and the food is being an issue would've engaged, but otherwise we would. the basic rule are around 501c4 programs that they need to be primary engaged in general where further community. they can be involved in political campaigning dvd, but it can't be your primary purpose. when people apply for 501c4 status, what we do is engage them in a number of questions about making sure that we understand their primary purpose around this and other sorts of engagement. and so, what it's been happening has been the verbal back-and-forth that happens. none of the alleged taxpayers and obviously can't talk about individual taxpayers and i'm not involved in these in an examination process commercial ended into voluntarily. and so, there's absolutely no targeting. this is the back-and-forth that happens and people apply for 501c4 status. >> is it fair to say there's been no change with regard to what triggers audits and so forth with regard to tax exempt

they did not need to engage the irs in a back and forth. they could have held themselves out, filed a 990, and if we would have seen an issue, we would have engaged, but otherwise we wouldn't. um, the basic rules around 501c4 organizations are that they need to be primarily engaged in promoting the common good and general welfare of their community. they can be involved in political and campaign activity, but it can't be their primary purpose. when people apply for 501c4 status, what we do is engage them in a number of questions about making sure that we understand their primary purpose around this and other sorts of engagement. and so what's been happening has been the normal back and forth that happens with the irs. um, none of the alleged taxpayers and, obviously, i can't talk about individual taxpayers, and i'm not involved in these, are in an examination process, they're in an application process which they moved into voluntarily. and so there's absolutely no targeting. this is the kind of back and forth that happens when people apply f

this year, everyone is not getting what they need from the irs. we are doing a good job given the resources we were given. >> i am looking at data. the budget cuts compared to the level of service do not always follow. given this information from the g.a.o.. we encourage you to continue to work on that. we would be delighted to work on you with that. i recognize mr. lewis for 5 minutes. >> mr. commissioner, the gl knows there has been a 34% increase in the number of calls this filing season and a -- the g. at a all nodes that there has been a 34% increase in the number-- gao -- gao knows that there has been a 34% increase in the number of calls. can you tell us what the taxpayers are calling about? >> because could be anything from people wanting to set up a payment plan to general tax law questions. questions about, where is my refund? i filed next friday -- last friday and my prepared told me i would get a refund on wednesday. i could give you a specific breakdown what he calls are. >> thank you. we understand there is a cap adjustment of $700 mi

they did not need to engage the irs in the past import. and if we would've if we would've seen an issue would have engaged, but otherwise we wouldn't. they said they can be involved in political and campaign act of the day, but it can't be their primary purpose. when people apply for a 501c4 status, but we do is engage them in a number of questions about making sure that we understand their primary purpose around this and other sorts of engagement. and so, what has been happening has been the normal back-and-forth that happens at the irs. none of the alleged taxpayers and obviously i cannot talk about individual taxpayers and i'm not involved in these are in the examination process. they are in an application process, which they move into voluntarily. and so there is absolutely no targeting. this is the back-and-forth that happens when people apply for 501c4 status. >> finally, is it fair to say there's been no change in irs practice with regard to what triggers audit and so forth with regard to tax exempt organizations as a whole? >> so,

large donations like that when not making a lot of money trigger the irs's attention and the take awaye if you're going to donate anything over $500 you're going to need to fill out form 8283 to ultimately substantiate that donation so just make sure the dollars make sense. >> what about your home office, a lot of people work from home and want to deduct that work space from their home expenses can you do that? >> you can do that. here's again when it's perfectly okay. say you have a home office where your computer is, office supplies, and here's the key, where you do the majority of your work. what does not make a home office the laptop in the corner of your living room you work on from time to time watching tv at night. it's important this is one that again the irs pays a lot of attention to. and if you have any questions about whether or not you have a home office, check out irs publication 587 on their website read through it and they have a nifty flow chart that helps walk through a series of questions to ultimately tell you if you're on the up and up and can claim a home office.

what is the irs doing about it? miller is the deputy commissioner for enforcement. >> from the hearing, this is a big issue. what are you doing about it? >> we have taken tobviously, very seriously. we are increasing the amount of what we do up front to prevent the fraud for the refund goes out. so we have top stopped, obviously, we have stopped as much refund fraud to date as we did last year. when you consider the number of refunds that we are looking at. before we take a full look at the refunds, we're not going to know how much of that is identity theft. but clearly, we are on the right track nterms of stopping these guys up front before they get the money. >> the irs has pointed on their own number, showing it has risen dramatically, tripled from 2010, 2011 tseems to be out of control. what can the folks in washington do? the irs, to help you try to get your hans around this? >> we need them to show up, first of all. we are not in this alone. this should be a team effort. we understand the privacy issue there's

an attack scam so big the irs can't keep track of it. effort to solve the 75-year-old miss try of the female trail blazer amelia air hart. >>> imagine filing your income taxes only to be told that someone else already has done it and received your refund. it's fraud so big even the irs doesn't know how much money is at stake. law enforcement says it could be in the billions of dollars. for the first time in our exclusive investigation, will you see the fraud unfold in florida where in some neighborhoods it's become a way of life. here's cnnrandi king. >> we've just rolled up on a crime hid i don't know on a piece of plastic, a debit card. >> he's got the cards. he just purchased them it looks like. >> those debit cards police say are used to take advantage of fast tax refunds from the irs. here's how it works. the thieves are stealing those refunds by stealing people's social security numbers from insiders at hospitals, doctors offices, even car dealerships. anyplace where you have to give your personal information. they then use the sto

the irs can't simply give itself the authority to do this.t's why we filed this lawsuit in federal court this morning. >> where is this in congress? which congressional bill stipulates this? >> there is nothing stipulating this right now. that's precisely the problem. the irs decided on its own that it was going to go ahead and start licensing all tax return preparers, and they just broadly interpreted a statute from 1884 that has absolutely nothing to do with tax return preparation. >> no attacks, no legislation. what's the down side? what's -- who is going to get hurt and why, real quickly? >> well, this is a sweeping new licensing scheme that affects 350,000 tax preparers nationwide as well as the tinz of millions of their customers, who are going to face fewer choices and higher prices as a result of this scheme putting many of these independent preparers out of business. >> this is the thriving small business area. you're saying 350,000. that's a big number in this day and age. >> that's right. and that's why it's particularly troubling

i guess i'd like to ask as a side note, those cuts that we've had, did they somehow exempt the irs from those cuts? are they exempted from cuts? >> well, congress has been reducing the resources available to the irs for a customer service and enforcement, thus hurting by all independent measures the irs capacity to collect taxes. >> so while we are cutting the irs, we are now demanding that they collect taxes owed to us, which i think is a good thing. in my former life when i thought making money was a good thing, i was a tax attorney, and i was always happy to see the irs cut because my clients had less concern. and that was fine by me. so while we're saying cut the irs, we're saying, but they should collect more somehow from tax delinquents. at some point someone will educate me as to how that works. but back to the european model. has anybody suggested that you know of, any serious suggestion to increase u.s. taxes to the german model increase across the board? >> we would not support that, no one's proposed that. >> has anyone suggested that that you know of that's thoughtful and si

the scam has all the red flags the irs warns about on its website. in the end, the sins of the scammers will cost you. the irs said ult' pay upfront for these nonexistent refunds that never turn up and you'll be left wishing for help from a higher power. >> the irs has a few tips. be wary of any offers for free money and offers that make -- and other offers. for these and others, just head to abc2news.com/scam alerts or click on the money tab at the top of the home page and the scam alert link. >>> every six minute as child under the age of five is injured from a fall downed stairs. researchers are issuing a call to all toddlers to make sure they're toddler proofing their homes. they found that between 1999 and 2008 about 931,000 children were injured on the stairs. about 25% of those were being carried by their parents. researchers here at hopkins say that most of the injuries small children receive on the stairs and around the home can be prevented with proper planning. they say the stairs, have to be secured in every home that has toddlers. >> a lo

the irs says it has implemented a new screening process with which helped catch 87 percent of fraudulent returns last year. experts blamed the rise on drug deals and cartels transitioning to this crime because there's more money and less jail time. if you have a consumer complaint, give us a call. >> a bone marrow drive is happening with the hope of said saving several young lives >> organizers are also searching for donors for two young girls, jennifer and vicki. the drive lasts at st. francis hospital until 4:00 p.m. >> it comes within of every train that can be seen for miles, literally. >> today we will make a cedar pine solid >> for this people did she will leave only a few ingredients. salmon spinach garlic parsley and tomatoes. start by seasoning both sides of the salmon fillet. >> the salmon goes on the board. in the oven for 10 minutes >> we have salmon for 10 minutes and then we will do the side dishes. the show starts with olive oil in a heated pan and then he adds garlic's spinach and cherry tomatoes. >> more like wilted spinach >> about 30 or 40 seconds is it because it will

the irs says you will pay up front for the nonexistent refunds that never turn up. and the scammers will disappear and you will be wishing for help from a higher power. joce sterman, abc2 news. >> be weary of offer of free money require nothing paperwork or proof of eligibility and offers that will help you claim for the expired economic recovery credit program or other government stimulus plans. >>> if you want information on this story, or any of the scam alerts, they are on abc2news.com, click on the money tab, it's at the top of the home page. we have until april 17th to file your taxes. some people come up with creative deductions, a doctor tried to claim the playboy magazine subscription for his waiting room. another person tried to write off her dog's hip replacement surgery. one fan added up tens of thousands of dollars spent on recreational drugs during the summer tour and tried to use that as a write off. >>> weather rocking parts of a tropical paradise. golf ball sized hailstones pounding homes, breaking windows, denting cars and doing damage to roofs in

the return? because you should always see what has been filed with irs before it is filed. and you should get a copy to sign. are they promising you a larger refund than you thought you would get? and it goes back to the old adage and somebody mentioned it earlier, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. do they base their fee on a percentage of your refund? that's also a clue because that probably means they're inflating your refund in order to increase their fee. do they require you to split the refund with them? and do not ever sign a blank return and then let them fill it in and then mail it in because, again, remember, if you are going to a return preparer to have your return prepared, you are ultimately responsible for what's on that return. and this, too, carol mentioned some injunction earlier and that's one of the mechanisms that are used against fraudulent return preparers. >> right. one of the things we have to keep in mind is that something like 60% of s. taxpayers use a paid return preparer and as sallie mentioned most of them are good. they've gone th

check to make sure, check with the irs, make sure they're legit. ntant how to keep your information safe. ashleigh? >> randi talked about places you do give your numbers out like hospitals and car dealerships. how do we know when we don't have to give it to them and when we do. >> there's really not much you can do. let's say at a car dealership, you have to hand it over. one credit expert puts it this way -- when you file your tax return, you just have to beat the crooks to the punch. file your taxes early. in most cases the victims don't realize what's happening until they try to file and realize their alter ego has already filed. the trick there is just to file early. you can also do credit checks as well. >> if only those criminals were lazier than we are. just another example of why we need to get to it. all right, good to see you. thank you. reminder, folks, tune into cnn on sunday night as well to learn more about tax refund fraud. how it affects every taxpayer in the united states at cnn presents. and it airs sunday night at 8:00 eastern. th

the return? you should always seek what has been filed with irs and you should get a copy to sign. are they promising you a larger refund than you thought you would get? it goes back to the old adage of somebody mentioned earlier, if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. do they base your refund, their feet on a percentage of your refund? that is a clue because it probably means they are inflating your refund in order to increase their feet. do they require to split the refund with them? do not ever sign a blank return and let them fill it in and mail it in because if you are going to a return repair to have your return prepared you are responsible for what is on the return. this comes in to some injunction earlier and that is one of the mechanism is used against fraudulent return repairs. >> one thing to keep in mind is 60% of u.s. taxpayers use a paid return preparer. most of them are good. they have gone through education programs and have their prepare tax id number and they do a decent job but it is the ones that are perpetuating fraud and taking advantage of consumers

the irs is making payment and stock options available to more people. the cap used to be $25,000. now, taxpayers can setup a payment plan. >> the economy has been very very bad and people have been struggling. >> a baltimore accountant has forced clients to make some tough choices they have not necessarily made. the new provisions are in the best interest of the taxpayer and the government. >> we're trying to make things easier for taxpayers to pay their fair share. if they did not make things easier, they would spend a lot of extra resources in the collection efforts. >> this includes expansions to the compromise program which allows the government to cut down taxpayer debt. we had some forms and information and qualifications on our website. >> an amber alert to report for a prince george's county boy. it is reported that young wuilbert garcia was abducted by his mother, silvia garcia. she is driving a black mercedes- benz with a license plate number 8ag0407. if you have any information that could help police, call 911 or prince george's county police. >> traffic was backed up b

the irs stands up with exactly the same route. -- same amount. marginal rates are cut, and revenue enhancers are the eliminations of the deductions, loopholes, and corruptions in the budget. you end up as you did in 1986, with the i irs not losing a penny but lower marginal rates. >> and the question of what the loopholes should be that should be closed, he leave that up to somebody else. >> the house ways and means committee whose jurisdiction it is not his. >> $10 trillion in tax cuts for the ne 10 yearsrs. extends the bush tax cuts into perpetuity under paul ryan. there are no spelled-out elimination's of tax expenditures. that would be courageous. are you going to do mortgage, it charitable deductions? make one thg absolutely clear about simpn-bowles that charles referenced, that it had at its guiding principle that it would not agincrse poverty -- >> talk about absence of the spine to read your guys have not introduced anything at all, not done anything on socialecurity or tax reform. that is the definition of absence of spine. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ mul

why hasn't the irs stopped that? not every taxpayer has a bank account, and so the debit cards that are issued by a third party provider are a legitimate way for taxpayers to get their refund. >> the man who you saw being arrested has not entered a plea for either the marijuana possession or grand theft charges. police say the victim in the case actually had her purse stolen and that's how her personal information was obtained. you can watch more of my report tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on a special "cnn presents." >>> we'll talk with candy crowley next. back in two minutes. >>> time to tee see whaesee wha "state of the union." i understand you have an exclusive with florida governor rick scott probably talking about the trayvon martin case. >> absolutely. we will do that, and also talk about some other things. florida's economy, number one. he thinks he's done a lot to improve it. his critics say something else as they prepare for what's going to be a very big state obviously in the upcoming election. but you're ri

guess what i got from the irs? i got a 1099 miscellaneous income this year for all those attorney fees on which i owe taxes. so, you know, the irs is having the last word here. this is not fun. let me tell you. not good. anyway, it is wonderful to have attorneys fees. but the court process and the critical nature of the justice department's role which just is simply being the hired gun currently for whatever the agency wants to withhold has created an environment after 40 years with no real sanctions teaches disrespect for the law. teaches contempt for the law. so after 40 years, you know, it's really sort of amazing that, in fact, there are federal officials that actually pay attention to the law because there really is no real enforcement mechanism here in the law itself. if they really want to go to the mat and withhold something, there are a lot of wonderful fr foia officers that can make a difference. if it is against an agency, they do that at real personal cost because that is not the way to advance your car

it's fraud so big even the irs doesn't know how much money is at stake right now. says it's in the billions of dollars. that's with a "b." for the first time in our exclusive investigation you are about to see the fraud unfold in florida where in some neighborhoods it's become an actual way of life. here's cnn's randi kaye. >> reporter: we've just rolled up on what police say is evidence of one of the biggest and easiest frauds in america to pull off. a crime hidden on a piece of plastic. a debit card. >> he's got the cards, he just purchased them, it looks like. >> those debit cards, police say, are used to take advantage of fast tax refunds from the irs. here's how it works. the thieves are still stealing refunds from stealing social security numbers from doctors office's and even car dealerships. any place where you have to give your personal information. they then use the stolen information to go online and file a tax return, making up the income the person earned for the year. the irs then puts the refund money on a debit card purchased by the thieves. >> so th

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yeah, and guess what, the irs tweets. don't you want to follow the irs on twitter? t to start following them go to @irsnews on twitter and a free app at irs to go, available on apple and android phones which allow to you get your wry fund status and tax records. remember, here is a big change this year, your taxes are due on tuesday, april 17th, because the april 15th state on a sunday. kyra? >> allison, thanks so much. >>> all right, we just got the two-minute warning right now at the white house behind closed doors, the president of the united states meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu how to respond to a nuclear threat from iran. my colleague wolf blitzer here for politics but perfect timing we can talk about this as well, this is right in your wheelhouse. we are going to talk about the issue of nuke, iran, also ali velshi going to weigh in about the issue of gas price and oil, all happening at the apec conference. a lot of questions about, okay, could there be another war with iran in the president doesn't want to do it netanyahu says i am goin

the irs is taking a very productive to get identity theft. we're sending notices to taxpayers where the first notice is that their identity has been compromised when we see more than one return been filed, and/or we see that a w-2 has been filed in that person's name that it has an on known employer. in january the irs announced more we did a coordinated sweeps week trying to attack this identity theft issue. now, anyone that believes that their identity has been compromised, there is an irs identity protection specialized unit, and that information can be accessed on irs.gov and look for identity theft. the u.s. attorney's office in los angeles mentioned identity theft and he also mentioned phishing, and phishing is where someone uses an e-mail or some other electronic media to try to solicit someone to respond either getting personal identification, giving account information, and for the irs it can appear that it is coming from either a legitimate irs inquiry or some related entity. irs will generally not spend an initial solicitation or re

the irs has run into glitches. the new system is aimed at cutting down on identity theft and other fraud. the good news is the irs said it's caught up and you should be get being that refund check very soon. >>> in health news, several drugs that are now only available by prescription could soon be available over the counter. the fda is looking for public comments about eliminating the drugs. the goal is to help give people more access to the drugs. the fda will have a meeting later this month. part of the discussion is to make sure people understand the risks and side effects of the medications if they go over the counter. >>> all right. days getting longer and longer. once we spring forward, sunset will go from 6:07 to 7:10. so, man, days getting longer. 50 at bwi, still. we'll be falling through the 40s, that northwest wind lighting up but filtering in some chilly hair that will make its presence felt overnight and into the day on saturday. clouds held tough most of the day in ocean city. the sun came out under a

you end up as you did in 1986, with the irs not losing a penny but rational lower marginal rates. >> and on the question of what those loopholes should be to be closed, he leaves it up to somebody else. >> the house ways and means committee, whose jurisdiction is a good idea is not his jurisdictio -- whose jurisdiction it is. it is not his jurisdiction. >> we extend the bush tax cuts in perpetuity under paul ryan. the reality is that there are no spell out elimination's of tax expenditures. are you going to do it home mortgage, charitable deductions, state and local taxes? that is where the money is. something on simpson-bowles that charles referenced -- it had as its guiding principle that it would not increase poverty. >> talk about absence of the spine -- your guys have not introduced a budget on anything, anything on social security, anything on tax reform. that is the definition of an absence of the spine. blocks from here, $4.39 on gasoline. the president is feeling the pipeline and blues. he went out to oklahoma and announced he is fast tracking a portion of the keystone pipeli

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