IRS - abuse ???


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/frustration ... YHF4eb9d17

Frustration continues with aggressive tax-refund seizures

More than 77 million American have received tax refunds -- but others may not be so lucky.

CBS News has been investigating complaints that refunds are being seized by the government without notice.

Tax refunds confiscated for decades-old debts without notification
Shalita Grant is a Tony nominated actress -- who plays a federal agent on TV's "NCIS New Orleans."

But to Social Security she's been an outlaw -- not because she did anything wrong -- but because her father was overpaid more than $13,000 in disability. Grant grew outraged when Social Security seized her $1,500 tax refund without warning or any evidence against her.

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Over the last year, CBS News has contacted a dozen taxpayers who say Social Security has taken their tax refunds because a relative had been overpaid in benefits.


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Social Security declined to speak on camera. In court filings, it said it has the legal authority to go after the relatives of people overpaid in benefits. However, the agency has repeatedly denied it has ever done so.

In January the agency told Congress: "We did not...[collect] any...debt that was incurred by a parent or another family member."

"It's a flat lie," Vela said. "It's an absolute, bold-faced lie."

After our investigation Social Security admitted that the taxpayers in our story were not to blame, that the money had indeed gone to their parents and both of those women got their refunds back. But that's an admission that Social Security is doing the exact kind of aggressive debt collection it's told the public it would never do.

Thats why god gave us friends...to make up for our idiot families...

Ya know, when you get a refund, it's only because you gave the government and interest free loan for a year.

If you want to loan the government money, buy Treasuries and make some interest off them.

I owed 5gs this year. I stuck it to them.