there is another group of public servants that you will not see milling around the streets of washington. those are the thousands of irs employees who right now during this time of year are entering taxpayer questions over the phone, processing tax returns, issue wink $300 billion in refunds out to the -- issuing $300 billion in refunds out to the american people and helping during these tough economic times. that is what i want to talk about today, public servants and public service and how we at the irs are advancing and translating our public service commitment into real services that benefit the nation and taxpayers every day. . . the farther forward you are likely to see. what i want to do is take us through a quick tour of what the word service in internal revenue service and the history of the internal revenue service, particularly all our service offerings. around the turn of the 20th century, we were not called the internal revenue service. we were called the bureau of internal revenue. we bore very little resemblance to what we do today. we were a mix of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and the foo

the men and women of the irs are often underappreciated public servants. at its core, we are an agency of professionals trying to serve the hard-working taxpayers of this country. processing returns, sending out refunds, answering questions over the phone, and trying to help people navigate a very complicated tax system. on february 80 of this year, a man intentionally -- on february 18th of this year, a man intentionally flew an airplane into an internal revenue service building in austin, texas, killing one irs employee and injuring others. the employee who died was named vernon hunter. as i learned about him during the weeks after, i learned he exemplified the spirit of public service. he was a vietnam veteran who served two tours of duty in vietnam. he worked for the irs for almost 28 years. while he was not the target of the attack, he died at his desk doing his job. he was also a manager of revenue officers. to tell you what a revenue officer is, they are the people who when we have said you lots of letters and said -- at made lots of phone calls, the

i'm not sure being the wife of the irs commissioner is. so very appreciative of everything the family does. susan is here with me today. i also want to welcome a number of the senior executives from the irs are here, my colleagues who make the tax system work every day. i would just say i've done a number of stints in both the private and public sector, and right now, i work with as talented of group of executives as you will find in any business and any government, nonprofit, anywhere in the world. my hats off to the colleagues that are here as well. so it's good to be here in the spring to address the national press club. it's good to see cherry blossoms, those of you who live in d.c., it's good not to see snow this time of the year. one the things when you walk around, probably on your way over here, you notice lots of tourist going to museums, the mall, some people were going to easter egg roll. you also see amongst those tourist, police officers attending to the safety of everyone in washington, park rangers showing people where they s

the diligence and found a lien. this taxpayer was working with the irs to pay in full, and while he was talking to the irs over a period of three months and had about seven or eight phone calls telling he was rhee financing his phone, his partner was barring bunning from his partners, it was money the irs could not get its hands on. the irs was informed because the dollar amount was over a certain threshold, and they were going to file a lien anyway. it would of made me angry. ultimately, the taxpayer paid the face amount of the lien. the taxpayer refused to withdraw the lien, and the taxpayers lost their job. this led to the three assistance orders in the case. ultimately, we should the irs that there reading of the law was incorrect. we believed that they could only with all them if the irs meter mistake. we should and that congress had passed in 1996 a different provision, and that it made economic sense said that they could pay their debt. >> so the bottom line of it is, if you're working and paying your debt, you're paying your taxes, too, and continue to be productive. >> yes. >> the testimony about the use of liens

the highest fraud and abuse rates of any tax provisions. while irs today that the irs not keeping up with the needs of low-income taxpayers. experience with the eitc teaches us that a social worker with a calculator and green eye shades should be a job description at the department of health and human services, not at the agency before us today. the irs already struggles to stay on top of its core mission. irs should be training its employees to combat complex tax evasion schemes and to improve customer service instead of administering social programs at which the irs has historically failed. taxpayers trying to do the right thing regarding the tax responsibility shouldn't have to be put on hold or have to call back because the irs is now answering questions about the health insurance. i thank you mr. chairman for holding the hearing so we can discuss in greater length these particular issues. >> thank you, senator. our first witness is mr. miller. mr. miller is a deputy commissioner for services enforcement and revenue service. next witness is ms. n

the highest fraud and abuse rates of any tax provisions. while irsday that the irs not keeping up with the needs of low-income taxpayers. experience with the eitc teaches us that a social worker with a calculator and green eye shades should be a job description at the department of health and human services, not at the agency before us today. the irs already struggles to stay on top of its core mission. irs should be training its employees to combat complex tax evasion schemes and to improve customer service instead of administering social programs at which the irs has historically failed. taxpayers trying to do the right thing regarding the tax responsibility shouldn't have to be put on hold or have to call back because the irs is now answering questions about the health insurance. i thank you mr. chairman for holding the hearing so we can discuss in greater length these particular issues. >> thank you, senator. our first witness is mr. miller. mr. miller is a deputy commissioner for services enforcement and revenue@@rrrr)$r proceeded smoothly with

i am not sure of being the wife of the ira's commissioner -- of the irs commissioner is. elcome a number of the cedar executives from the irs who are here. -- senior executives from the irs who are here. i have done a number of states and the public and private sectors. i work with as talented a group of executives as you will find in any business, anti- government, and the nonprofit, anywhere in the world. my hat off to the colleagues that are here. it is good to be here. in the spring, it is good to see cherry blossoms those of you who live in d.c.. it is good not to see snow this time of year. one of the things when you walk around, probably under way here, you notice a lot of tourists going to museums and to the mall. you also see amongst those tourists police officers, park rangers showing people where they should go on the mall, landscapers keeping the city beautiful, and you see a number of school teachers taking classes around educating their students and teaching them about the capital. one of the things

of the tax cap. however redoing? like to know of the 345 billion number will be updated and what specific actions the irs is taking toap? intel was up to last summer of particular interest is the progress on planning and implementation of my past client proposals that have been amended the credit card information reporting and security reporting offshore loophole are provided and in the estimates will raise 40 billion of revenue over the next tin years in aid to them won't improve voluntary compliance with our raising one singled five of taxes on any one with the implementation especially critical of their effectiveness of remic we want the iras to address their rooms about the ira's role in the administrating we heard the rumors they will hire of two agents to fly with health care but those summer against criminal penalties. >> we want to hear two 1/6 statement does it request a need were to conduct its role of health care of small us any increase staffing in forms. >> elah by two send my condolences to the airplane crash and the thoughts are with the family with hunter a long time irs employee was killed in the acc

i take the safety of every single irs employee incredibly seriously. we have always had, and the event in austin was a reminder in heightened awareness in making sure our physical security programs are as strong as they can be. we also need to make sure people are aware and awareness training is out there and we need to know what these threats are. but there has not been any sort of scale but actual, specific threats against irs employees. i think a lot of the reporting is just more general around some of the anti-government rhetoric that you hear out there. >> tax -- is -- include -- considering the american taxpayers now hold large stakes in many countries should tax records be open to public inspection? >> one of the incredibly important principles of the tax system, and for us is the tax administrators, is we deal with sensitive financial information of the american public. it's against the law for us to disclose taxpayer information. you learn nothing about individual tax information. we take it very seriously. the broader question about should sha

the whole thing falls apart. there are plenty of ways. the irsan touch new a lot of bunch of different ways. >> oh, great. >> here is the point, a bank requires, when you get a loan that you buy insurance, if you buy a car or a house they say you've got to have insurance. that's their rule. they say, here, you can play by the rules, that's one rule. in florida, the florida government has ways to control a lot of things. >> oh, great. >> permits and-- >> here is the point, wouldn't you rather live here than in banana republic. this is a democracy and it's the best in the world. >> and it's also a free market, we can choose that, mike. >> wait a second, here is what we miss, we always want to be critical how our regulations and laws work. i would rather be here than a banana republic and if we don't have laws that's what we become. slackers have to follow those laws. >> now they're slackers. >> slackers. >> mike, mike, the logic is great except for one thing, the idea here is that your belief is that the irs and other government and other agencies

we need to know what the threats are, but there has not been any sort of scale of actual specific threat against irs employees. i think a lot of the reporting is general around anti- government rhetoric you hear out there. >> section 6103 allows tax information to be disclosed to people with material interests, including owners of more than 1% of company stock. considering american taxpayers now hold large stocks in most companies, should their tax records now be open to public inspection? >> one of the incredibly important principles of the tax system and for us as the tax administrators is that we deal with sensitive financial information of the american public, so it is actually against the law for us to disclose taxpayer information. that is why mary, frank, center, and lanny are assumed names. you know nothing about everything you learned nothing about essential tax information, and we take that seriously. the broader question of should shareholders get tax information for companies has been bandied for a while. i refer to congress. we have a major corporate tax initiatives under way. one of th

the phone. but they get there by taking off all of the difficult questions or things the irs called out of scope which doesn't solve the problem. the problem is the law is complex and difficult for the irs employees to answer a particular taxpayers questions accurately, consistently. >> they try to solve the problem by pretended that doesn't exist. >> that's my assessment. >> thank you for holding this important hearing. >> thank you. senator nancy, you are next. >> thank you, mr. chairman. early eckert you asked some questions i want to delve more into. this will be a question for mr. miller. is the onerous restructuring the 1998 commissioner the internal revenue service shall insure an appeals officer is regularly available within each state. yet wyoming and eight other states don't have such personnel physically located within their borders. the appeals process is the last step processors to to argue the merits of the return before another decision is recorded and collection process begins. so i think it is critical all taxpayers even for all tax payers have unfettered access to the irs offic

ultimately, the taxpayer paid the face amount of the lien. the irs refused to withdraw the lean so that the@@@@girr"rr >> mr. miller, ms. olson's testimony about the irs's use of lien as to what i learned about the use of liens conversation i had last fall. in that call we discussed irs decision to file liens against taxpayers subject to the tax shelter disclosure penalty even though the irs had agreed not to pursue collection against such taxpayers until congress had a chance to change the law. in general, i'm disappointed and the lack of judgment and discretion and exercise by irs employees, agents, lawyers, collections and appeals officers in certain of these cases. and in some cases, it was an irs regulation that prohibited the irs from abating the penalty such as by not allowing the filing of amended returns. in another case, irs did not consider the negative impact to a taxpayers line which was critical to the business before filing a lien. mr. miller, everyone including the president and treasury secretary agree that small businesses are econo

on the front page here, threats of violence are overblown, says the of irs. the reporter writes that the country's chief tax collector push back against assertions that working for the internal revenue service has become more dangerous. back to the phones. the line for democrats, dubuque, iowa. caller: good morning. i want to agree with the last caller. i think it is very partisan that the republicans keep disagreeing with the president. these are some of the ideas they have had themselves. the republicans like to fight. republicans enjoyed hurting in killing people. i do not agree with that. what the president is doing is very good for our standing in the world to show that we want peace and love. i do not understand why the republicans only want to kill everybody. the caller who said we should just wipe iran off the face of the bearth -- however he said i, he is wrong. we should push for peace. israel should stop building. we should be friends with is true, but we should also help pakistan. host: 01 for independents, st. joseph, missouri. -- the line for in

the regardless the irs has the process of 500 billion more dollars. want to make this health care bill successful, work well and make sure it's not totally bureaucratic and in order to do that you have to hire more irs agents. is anybody more hated than the irs? it's bad politics. you might see republicans focusing on this irs expansion in order to sell to the american people that this is going to be one big pain in your butt. >> winning argument. >> strikes me as a one-day story. >> there you go. >> okay. >> well, this is our one day on it. . dr. emanuel, brother of rahm emanuel, omb official, made a bet with justice scalia. who won? >> what happened is three days after the massachusetts senate results when scott brown won, zeke emanuel run into justice scalia and said, despite scot scott brown, i guarantee you health care will still pass. the original bet was $5, justice scalia was hesitant about making bets but zeke was able to convince him to take him out to dinner if he wins at a very expensive restaurant in d.c. obviously, zeke emanuel won. so p

various issues taxpayers in health care mandate is front and center on the minds of a lot of people. >> greta: do you have the sense the irsp of this? or is this unchartered waters and they are feeling their way through? >> i think they are feeling their way through. the health care bill creates new responsibilities for the irs it is unchartered waters no doubt. they are being careful as they go through not to give the impression that they suddenly become this new super cop enforcement agency but they are going to do what congress has asked and play a role in this new health care system. >> greta: i den understand what the incentive is, let's say you are single, 25-years-old i'm not sure what the incentive is to buy health care insurance until you get sick. you might not get caught by irs. if they are not entitled to a refund they will send you a notice in the mail. if you do get sick, you can run out and get health because of this preexisting condition no longer is impediment. >> right this is a careful balance they tried to strike and craft from this legislation between not trading something so punitive that people would

their planks they will never fund the 16,000 irs agents and block implementation of 430 billion dollars new taxes and put it straight to the country. want 16,000 new irs agents vote democrat. do you not? vote republican. my guess is that would be one of the five or six issues that could set the stage for a majority. >> sean: fiscal responsibility, balanced budgets, elimination of earmarks, transparency. put everything on c-span. show you are going to be the ethical party. energy independence. you can't lose. i don't see in this environment how they could lose, especially if they put their john hancock down on a piece of paper. mr. speaker thanks for being with us. more hannity coming up straight ahead. >> also a requirement that individuals either have health coverage or make a payment on their tax return. >> sean: the irs commissioner says buy health care or you could lose your tax refund. >> now that the legislation passed people are so nice to me. >> sean: new poll exposes harry reid's health care hoax. >> he's the one candidate that we can trust to represent repu

the irs was wrong. and, earlier this year, the irs lost the appeal of that ruling. so, is the matter is finally settled? unfortunately, no. the irs is stubbornly sticking to its "no basis" opinion. maybe its hoping to find another case, and another parent... er, judge, who might agree with its anti-taxpayer stand. so, what are you supposed to do if you sold stock in 2009 that you had received in a demutualization? experts say the court ruling gives you the right to claim a basis-- probably whatever the stock was worth when you received it-- to hold down the tax bill on the sale. and, if you sold demutualized shares prior to 2009 and paid tax using the i.r.s.'s nasty zero-basis rule, you may deserve a refund. if you're in that boat, check with a tax pro about how to retrieve your money. i'm kevin mccormally. >> tom: if you have a specific question or problem with your taxes, kevin can help you online. just go to our web site, nbr on pbs.org, and click on the "tax tips" section. >> susie: and finally tonight, have you ever hoped for your own hope diamond? it may soon b

economy is coming back, the dow rose briefly today above 11,000. >>> tax day is now less than a week away, it's important to know when the irs is not the irs so you can steer clear of tax scams. here's more. >> reporter: warning, if you receive an e-mail from the irs, saying it is the irs, you are almost certainly being scammed. according to the irs, scammers have become so bold in the recent years fishing for information. the recent economic issue is causing scams. the irs says it never asks for personal information in the e- mails. rule number one, never give your personal information to anyone you don't know, and if you are concerned you are being scammed, report it to irs.gov. >>> his father died when he was young and his mother is in jail. despite those odds, he is heading to west point and is sure to inspire. >>> okay, calm down. >> shocking pregnancies that really do happen. how one couple gave birth to a baby boy even though ay, audition in two weeks. whiten your smile. no red wine, blueberry pie, coffee, or tea. i've got it. ♪ [ female announcer ] introducing crest 3d white toothpaste. the remarkable new toothpaste that removes up to 80% of surface stains

the head of the irs has no business telling the rest of us to pay. >> how come republicans on the hillthing is okay. i think the investigation is coming at the right time. i think it is nice because then obama can say, all these guys worked for me but it is not stopping an investigation. >> >> sean: good point. >> to be fair where there is smoke there is fire. >> sean: if barack obama wants to lecture wall street how about washington cleanup their act? if -- >> what are you defending wall treat? >> sean: no, here's the point. if any corporation will run the way government has run our economy and stealing from our kids and grandkids broughting social security, medicare, they would be put in >> and these guys should be put in jail because they did bankrupt our >> sean: the government is worse they bankrupted the economy, why don't we put congressmen and senators in jail? >> if your 401(k) went you under with all these crooks on wall street you wouldn't be singing this song. >> sean: our children are going to spend their entire adult life paying back the debt. >> madoff and those crooks o

the vast majority not only of citizens but of catholics support it. but it's the fact that certain legislators do not want to risk the ire of cardinal george and other leading- why should they have that aggravation. why should they bother with it they just bottle it up in committee. it's a second class status in the south we had a thing called transracial union and we said you can have that, you just can't have marriage and you could see what would be wrong with that. >> thank you very much for coming and speaking to us. it's been a great pleasure to listen to you. and i want to thank you for writing this book. it reminds me of a book from about 10 years ago which was a popular book by michael warner, "the trouble with normal." >> great book. >> and he's, you know, coming out of year theory. and i'd like you to go into the issue of -- that you said you at the end of the book about the public/private question because his whole issue in that book -- maybe not his whole issue but a big part of that book is that marriage really is about putting a veil over sex. that americans just can't deal with it. and we're ashamed of it. and he had a big problem with the wh

is gibbs the real target of the washington press corps ire or is it the president himself who is in the cross hairs? >> i think it's three things in turn. first of all it is the president in the cross hairs. secondly, gibbs has the look of a man who's been there too long. he's not enjoying the job. thirdly, the press corps has always been unhappy and in particular getting unhappy because the press is losing stract traction, leadership and prestige. >> the press corps is mostly mainstream media and they resent the white house using all these other tools to reach the american public. the white house is 17 million followers on twitter. so when they announce something like that, a tidbit like that, they toss out they get a lot of reward for it. the press corps is rightfully frustrated that the president hasn't had a fres press conference -- press conference since july. he hasn't had one because the american people doesn't seem to be clamoring for it. it distracts from the message he wants. we're in a media transformation. there are all kinds of different ways to reach the people. president

the refund check? >> yeah. wouldn't it be great if the irs sent all of us too much money? here's what you need to know. ng to either send you the exact amount of money on your tax return, or a little more, or a little less. and if they send you anything different than what was on that tax return, generally they send you a letter of explanation within two weeks. but if you do not receive that letter of explanation within two weeks, please pick up the phone and call 1-800-829-1040, and ask the irs for an explanation as to why your refund check amount differs. >> all right. and last one here. can i change my mailing address, even after i have filed my return? i've suddenly moved to a different state, suddenly got the job i was looking for. what happens? >> yes, certainly millions of taxpayers change their mailing address after they send their federal tax return in. here's what you need to know. your refund check is going to be delayed. meaning the post office will send it back to the irs. so what you must do is go to irs.gov, where's my refund, and make sure that you change the address that the irs has for

i'm a supporter of the national retail sales tax and get rid of the irs. size of government, reach of government, scope of government. >> senator widen and gregg proposed in the senate a way to revamp the tax code. it is uphill battle to get the senate to consider it. every member of congress and says we have to do something. you have the power. >> the president said he believes something ought to be done but he's increasing taxes. that's why people are so irate. >> greta: the tax code first of all is insane, no one stands it, maybe somebody does. >> nobody understands it. >> greta: it is dense. why isn't there a movement on the hill to revamp it? >> there's huge movement on the republican side. we've been clamoring to have an opportunity to get in and fundamentally reform taxes. a decade ago there was this big debate over a flat tack or fair tax. that faded away the fact of the matter is, we cannot continue with our current tax structure. you can't tax people enough the way democrats want to and get the money you need run the government at the level it nee

i think part of the difficulty in collecting taxes if it does in fact the complexity of the system. with all of the deductions even named, you can cheat a lot. i mean, the irs has limited capacity for auditing. while we could undoubtedly do a lot better in the collection, the problem on the other side, of course, is that there's a big cost and increasing collections, and money cost in terms of the budget of the irs, but i think much more important the kind of harassment cost. you know, you don't want an irs agent following everyone of us around as we do our work, so you have to balance those two things. but having said that cumin is absolutely no doubt in my mind that right now we're striking the balance too far in the side of lending. >> with respect to coordinate a care, i think you're right on the money. and the question is, why did we do this? and there's two simple answers. one is that the structure of our delivery system is pernicious to coordinate a care. it's a fragmented system and operates to consolidate, have not been very successful. and secondly, there were very few incentives given to providers to courtney care. it's just the opposite generall

irs agents. it has gone through -- >> what's that whopper? tell me the whopper. >> the idea is the irs is hiring these thousands of people to enforce the mandate but the irs' responsibility is to put out tax credits, not to collect revenue. this is one of the big government takeover. >> here's the governor of texas. guys, i got to keep moving. this doesn't end. here's rick perry last april talking to a tea party crowd in austin, which i though was a smart town, i thought about how texas has the right to secede under the union. >> when we came in the union in 1845, one of the issues is we would be able to leave if we decided to do that. my hope is that america and washington in particular pays attention. we got a great union. there's absolutely no reason to dissolve it but if washington continues to thumb their nose at the american people, you know, who knows what may come out of that. >> that's the comment of a mad man. i mean, david corn, there's never been a provision in any state's entry into the union could split when you felt like it. that's what the civil war was. texas could become a number of states, six i believe at the time it chose

i think part of the difficulty in collecting taxes if it does in fact the complexity of the system. with all of the deductions even named, you can cheat a lot. i mean, the irsited capacity for auditing. while we could undoubtedly do a lot better in the collection, the problem on the other side, of course, is that there's a big cost and increasing collections, and money cost in terms of the budget of the irs, but i think much more important the kind of harassment cost. you know, you don't want an irs agent following everyone of us around as we do our work, so you have to balance those two things. but having said that cumin is absolutely no doubt in my mind that right now we're striking the balance too far in the side of lending. >> with respect to coordinate a care, i think you're right on the money. and the question is, why did we do this? and there's two simple answers. one is that the structure of our delivery system is pernicious to coordinate a care. it's a fragmented system and operates to consolidate, have not been very successful. and secondly, there were very few incentives given to providers to courtney care. it's just the opposite generally. so it

what is the hard news about the irs investigation and the justice investigation of marc rubio? what is there? >> well, pure and simple, the republican party of florida for years has issued credit cards to its senior officials and to its senior politicians. and, of course, they're supposed to use these american express credit cards for political purposes only. it's a nonprofit organization. they collect millions from fat cat donors and they're supposed to use it to advance the party agenda and to advance candidates. well, as it turns out, records obtained by "the miami herald" have shown that they were using a lot of these credit cards for personal good times. you know chic hotels, jet travel, five-star restaurants. so the irs has basically been snooping around and they have opened cases against some of these senior officials including a former house speaker out of north florida, but they're also opening an inquiry into marco rubio, the former house speaker and now u.s. senate candidate in the republican column against governor charlie crist. and they basically want to know whet

the travails of jon and kate are pop culture phenomenon, that has spawned countless magazine covers. but jon gosselin's latest claim that kate's work is taking away from the children is raising the iref working moms. kate's life off the dance floor may require fancy footwork, as well. in newly-filed court papers, ex-husband jon gosselin is seeking primary custody of the eight children that catapulted them into tv staom. according to gosselin's attorney, kate's "dancing with the stars" schedule and other public appearances, he claims are taking time away from their kids. in a statement, jon gosselin's attorney told us, after there's been a hearing or an open discussion where the skesd of both parents are reviewed, if it provides for the children -- kate gosselin said he kids come first. she put in a dance floor in her basement for practice, only flying to los angeles for the live shows. we spoke to her earlier this week. >> i didn't want to leave and go to a dance studio, even if it was five minutes down the road. it feels more like i'm home if they need me. i'm downstairs. i run upstairs and eat dinner with them, lunch. >> reporter: in a statement, kate's attorney says she will figh

the catholic church opposes to and nail. a vast majority of citizens and catholics support it, but it's the fact that certain legislatures do not want to risk the iredinal georgia and other leading. why should they have that aggregations of they don't vote against the bottle it up in the committee. but even if it were acceptable the problem now is is a second-class status in this house we had a thing called transracial union and we said you can have that you just can't ha

perriello has found himself the target of conservative ire in the health care reform debate. there have been small protests at his charlottesville office, and vandals attacking his brother's home shortly after he cast his vote in favor of the overhaul package which became law last month. perriello says the new law will help many of his 700,000 constituents like mimi hyde. >> health care, for some of us, was not an ideological fight. it was about economic relief to working and middle class families, seniors who are struggling. if we can save them a little money, that's really a big deal for people. >> reporter: perriello's district is virginia's largest. it stretches from the liberal city of charlottesville in the north, east to the edges of metropolitan richmond, and south to the more conservative and economically-challenged areas like danville, near the north carolina border. opposition to the new health care law among conservatives in the fifth is so strong that seven republicans have lined up to run against perriello this fall. and political observers suggest it could be a

i got a letter in the mail a couple of days ago from the irs.o my pleasant surprise i made a mistake i did not figure out my earned income credit right. thanks to president obama i got another $500 credit for making work. something i had failed to put in. i got a check in the mail and they were very polite about it. they told me that i missed a couple of things. host: let me jump in and reverse this back to you. you're talking about things that you are missing with forms being more complicated, why not send out the work? >> the biggest reason that i do it is that like to see how i am doing in my business. the main thing is that every year when you get your tax instruction booklet, you have to read the part that says what is new for 2009. i had failed to do so. but it is not that hard. i would like to make one last statement. the gentleman that called in a while ago that said that the tax code -- i do not think i pay enough taxes in this country. i would volunteer to pay more to help the country get out of debt. host: this viewer writes "if you o

the proper paperwork for a six month extension. it will push back were fretting deadline to october 15. but if you owe the irs, it does not extend the amount ofe that you have to pay the final balance. if you cannot pay everything you know, file on time anyway. the irs will allow you to set up a monthly installment agreement. if you do not file, interest and penalties will make the balance bigger. >> it looks like tax refunds or going to be a big help for many americans. according to a career builders' survey, more than half of workers say they will use their tax return to pay off bills. also, nearly eight out of every 10 workers said their living paycheck to paycheck. that is up 61% just from six months earlier. a career builder spokesperson says it is due to the ripple effects of the recent downturn in the economy. despite credit card reforms coming down the line, there are still few regulations for many programs. that means companies can take back rewards. if you cannot use those points yourself, they can be transferred to a family member or others, or may be donated. there are also bordering websites to trade. with other card holders. --

there's only two weeks left to go before the april 15 tax deadline and the irs has a list of tax related tricks that they are going to be checking this spring. >> there's a big difference between intentionally making a mistake on that return and making a mathematical error. the critical issue is, claim those deductions and credits that are relevant to you, or the irs could think you intentionally tried to defraud the government. >> the irs is going to be looking for return, prepare fraud, hiding income offshore and fishing. filing false or misleading forms. zero wages, and fuel tax credit scams. you can go to our living smart page for more tax tips at wusa9.com. we have a link where you can get more answers about your tax questions. >>> coming up ahead on thenews now at noon, the devastating aftermath from the record flooding in the northeast, and the local political races are heating up. a contender for prince georges county executive makes the pitch and the fight over the dc council chairman seat is underway. we'll be back. >>> pope benedict made his first appearance of holy week this

the catholic church opposes to and nail. a vast majority of citizens and catholics support it, but it's the fact that certain legislatures do not want to risk the ire of cardinal georgia and other leading. why should they have that aggregations of they don't vote against the bottle it up in the committee. but even if it were acceptable the problem now is is a second-class status in this house we had a thing called transracial union ande said you can have that you just can't have marriage you can see what would be wrong with that and i think the same thing is wrong here. >> thank you very much for coming and speaking to us. it's been a pleasure to listen to you, and about thank you for writing this book. it reminds me of a book from about ten years ago which was a popular book by michael warner, the trouble with normal and he is coming out of the theory and i'd like you to go into the issue of that you said you treated the end of the book about the public private question because his whole issue in that book, maybe not his whole issue but a big part of the book is that marriage is about putting a veil over sex, but americans just can't deal with it

the tax code. i was giving a talk down town to a large lobbying group of two years ago explaining that the fear tax would get rid of the irsd what would happen to the movement and i said tax reform is way bigger than me. and the people who show up by the thousands and thousands across this country are an example of that. we knew from day one your not cui to change the tax code from washington. you're going to have to move it through the grassroots first. and you are doing that. [applause] please, we know that we hear from the towns lobbyist everyday. but we really listen to the people in the district. and if you folks will go back to your district and talk to everyone running about fundamental tax reform and sorting out this code and getting something that is simpler and thorough and honest and free we will succeed. i knew a very long time ago i've been on the ballot every other year at the state of the federal level since 1974 and sometimes it is time to move on but i knew a long time ago that no one who speaks from the stage today is going to change the world. no one who speaks from the stage today is going to drive chan

of that. now, the problem is the irs is -- has not been brought along, shall we say, on some of these issues. and they are significant that there are significant tax implications that need to be worked out there. the corporate side of the law is being worked on and developed. the tax side of the law not so - i let other people talk of a. >> jeanne, give you a little? >> again, i think the concept of you've outlined, public focus energy reporting this information on the surface sounds really wonderful. i worry that again, going back to 1791 or earlier, that we had a system of government determination of social purpose. and we see that replicated in today's society holds licensing. you know, printers were licensed. and again, i don't want us to engage in hyperbole just for the sake of recounting history, but when i hear it an entity defined by social purpose, as a news organization, as a newspaper or television, radio, whatever, i think we open that door for what pushes the limit. if it's watchdog journalism to take a look at how well congress is doing, that's fine. but where in something appro

obama care, your medical records will be available to the secretary of health and human services and the millions in that bureaucracy as well as the irs, john. >> mort? >> i think there's no doubt the medical records are much more of a risk in many ways. >> i don't think there's a risk on either side. we'll be right back with predictions. when planning for retirement these days, the forecast is full of ifs. if i'm too exposed to downturns. if i'll go through my savings too fast. to help you feel more confident consider putting a portion of your savings in a metlife variable annuity. when the market goes up, it gives your assets a potential to grow. while protecting you if the market goes down with a steady stream of income. let america's number one annuity provider help you stay on course with guarantees for the if in life. get answers about annuities at metlife.com. somewhere in america... the slightest breeze harbors immense power. the tallest buildings leave the lightest footprints. a fifty-ton train makes barely a mark on the environment. and a country facing climate change finds climate solutions. somewhere in america, we've alre

the lines of timothy mcveigh. the case comes amid a spate of incidents that have authorities concerned. one involving the michigan members called the h ee eed the joe stack who crashed his plane into the irscan not hurt. and you can not plot to hurt or conspire to hurt. be it a militia in the woods, plotting to overthrow the government, you can't do that. you can't plot the overthrow of the united states. you can't plot attacks on federal law enforcement officers or police officers. you can't plant bombs, you can't conspire to murder people. >> reporter: there's been a surge recently of anti-government hatred. >> i think we're in a very worrying moment right now. i think it is really quite similar in the period in early '95 leading up to the oklahoma city bombing. the reality, though, is i think actually the movement or the anger out there right there is both broader and deeper than it was in 1995. that i think is really scary. >> the trials of the eight hutare militia members are yet to begin. they pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges. >> so talk to me about the law. when can free speech cross the sflien. >> that's always a subject of controversy. but when you have weapon, when you h

of genre movies are slated to release in up coming months. >> nicholas cage was there because he needs the money. he owes the irs of money. >> and he's a superman fan. >> and the new iron man. >> i

guest: this goes exactly to the issue of privacy and confidentiality. the irs may know where everyone lives, though i doubt it. but those they cannot be shared between the census bureau and irs, or any other agency. the data the census bureau clause is not shared with anyone else. host: texas, bea, on the democrats' line. caller: first, a couple of commons, then a question. i am hispanic. i live in texas. the previous callers calling regarding the antipathy as the real thing -- i can understand how the hispanics and probably all the bordering states of mexico, and maybe other areas where the illegals supposedly into the country, would feel very worried. as much complaining that goes on concerning their free ride here in america, i would think the conservatives would want them to be counted for the sake of the federal funds for american taxpayers. it is still money allocated to those locations based on population. that is maybe for you need to emphasize that it is important. illegal or not, that they get counted. the way we have the representation and funds we n