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700 IRS contract workers owe $5.4M in back taxes
Associated Press ^ | Oct 23, 2013 4:56 PM EDT | Stephen Ohlemacher

Posted on 10/23/2013 2:27:35 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Nearly 700 employees of Internal Revenue Service contractors owe $5.4 million in back taxes, said a report Wednesday by the agency’s inspector general.

More than half of those workers are supposed to be ineligible to do work for the IRS because they are not enrolled in installment plans to pay the taxes they owe.

Unlike other federal agencies, the IRS requires employees and those who work on agency contracts to comply with federal tax laws. That means they have to file returns on time and either pay all the taxes they owe or enroll in a payment plan. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: backtaxes; contractworkers; delinquency; irs

1 posted on 10/23/2013 2:27:35 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Unlike other federal agencies, the IRS requires employees and those who work on agency contracts to comply with federal tax laws.
Unlike other federal agencies?
2 posted on 10/23/2013 2:34:28 PM PDT by lewislynn (What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in common? Disinformation)
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To: lewislynn
Unlike other federal agencies?

I caught that too.. The gift that keeps on giving, and the hits keep coming..

3 posted on 10/23/2013 2:37:57 PM PDT by carlo3b (RUFFLE FEATHERS, and destroy their FEATHER NEST!)
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