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Date Dec. 18, 1996 Report No. GGD-97-25 Title

IRS' 1996 Tax Filing Season: Performance Goals Generally Met; Efforts to Modernize Had Mixed Results

United States General Accounting Office GAO December 1996 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives IRS’ 1996 TAX FILING SEASON Performance Goals Generally Met; Efforts to Modernize Had Mixed Results G A O years 1921 - 1996 GAO/GGD-97-25 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-...
Date Nov. 8, 1996 Report No. T-GGD-97-21 Title

Tax Administration: Employment Taxes and Small Business

United States General Accounting Office GAO For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Friday November 8, 1996 Testimony Before the National Commission on Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service TAX ADMINISTRATION Employment Taxes and Small Business Statement of Lynda D. Willis, Director, Tax Policy and Administration Issues, General Government Division G A O years 1921 - 1996 GAO/T-GGD...
Date Oct. 16, 1996 Report No. GGD-97-6 Title

Tax Administration: Alternative Filing Systems

United States General Accounting Office GAO October 1996 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives TAX ADMINISTRATION Alternative Filing Systems G A O years 1921 - 1996 GAO/GGD-97-6 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-260171 October 16, ...
Date Sept. 18, 1996 Report No. GGD-96-172 Title

Earned Income Credit: IRS' 1995 Controls Stopped Some Noncompliance, But Not Without Problems

United States General Accounting Office GAO September 1996 Report to the Chairman, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate EARNED INCOME CREDIT IRS’ 1995 Controls Stopped Some Noncompliance, But Not Without Problems G A O years 1921 - 1996 GAO/GGD-96-172 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-261635 September 18, 1996 The Honorable William V. R...
Date Sept. 3, 1996 Report No. GGD-96-175 Title

Tax Administration: Income Tax Treatment of Married and Single Individuals

United States General Accounting Office GAO September 1996 Report to the Honorable Orrin G. Hatch, U.S. Senate TAX ADMINISTRATION Income Tax Treatment of Married and Single Individuals G A O years 1921 - 1996 GAO/GGD-96-175 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-272101 September 3, 1996 The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch United States Senate Dear...
Date Aug. 28, 1996 Report No. GGD-96-165 Title

Tax Administration: Tax Compliance of Nonwage Earners

United States General Accounting Office GAO August 1996 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives TAX ADMINISTRATION Tax Compliance of Nonwage Earners G A O years 1921 - 1996 GAO/GGD-96-165 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-260159 August 28, 1996 The Honorable Nancy L. John...
Date Aug. 15, 1996 Report No. GGD-96-127 Title

Tax Policy: Analysis of Certain Potential Effects of Extending Federal Income Taxation to Puerto Rico

United States General Accounting Office GAO August 1996 Report to Congressional Requesters TAX POLICY Analysis of Certain Potential Effects of Extending Federal Income Taxation to Puerto Rico G A O years 1921 - 1996 GAO/GGD-96-127 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-265968 August 15, 1996 The Honorable Don Young Chairman, Committee on Re...
Date June 26, 1996 Report No. GGD-96-131R Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Tax Refund Timeliness

GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-271108 June 26, 1996 The Honorable Bill Archer Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This letter responds to your January 5, 1996, request that we review the processing and issuance of income tax refund payments in 1996 and compare this year’s pattern to pr...
Date May 13, 1996 Report No. GGD-96-72 Title

Internal Revenue Service: Results of Nonfiler Strategy and Opportunities to Improve Future Efforts

United States General Accounting Office GAO May 1996 Report to the Honorable Margaret Milner Richardson, Commissioner of Internal Revenue INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE Results of Nonfiler Strategy and Opportunities to Improve Future Efforts G A O years 1921 - 1996 GAO/GGD-96-72 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-260132 May 13, 1996 The Honor...
Date Dec. 29, 1995 Report No. GGD-96-48 Title

The 1995 Tax Filing Season: IRS Performance Indicators Provide Incomplete Information About Some Problems

United States General Accounting Office GAO December 1995 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives THE 1995 TAX FILING SEASON IRS Performance Indicators Provide Incomplete Information About Some Problems GAO/GGD-96-48 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-259952 December 29, 1...
Date Dec. 22, 1995 Report No. NSIAD-96-74R Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Tax Consequences of Offsets

GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B-260044 December 22, 1995 Congressional Requesters This letter responds to your request that we examine the tax consequences to veterans of the legally required offset of certain types of Department of Defense (DOD) separation pay and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disabili...
Date Sept. 18, 1995 Report No. GGD-95-160 Title

Tax Administration: Sole Proprietor Identification Numbers Can Be Improved

United States General Accounting Office GAO September 1995 Report to the Joint Committee on Taxation, U.S. Congress TAX ADMINISTRATION Sole Proprietor Identification Numbers Can Be Improved GAO/GGD-95-160 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-261179 September 18, 1995 The Honorable Bill Archer Chairman The Honorable Bob Packwood Vice Chair...
Date Aug. 30, 1995 Report No. GGD-95-148 Title

Tax Administration: IRS Could Do More to Verify Taxpayer Identities

United States General Accounting Office GAO August 1995 Report to the Commissioner Internal Revenue Service TAX ADMINISTRATION IRS Could Do More to Verify Taxpayer Identities GAO/GGD-95-148 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-260131 August 30, 1995 The Honorable Margaret M. Richardson Commissioner of Internal Revenue Department of the Tr...
Date Aug. 17, 1995 Report No. GGD-95-181R Title

Government Operations: Differences in Screening Bank Executives

United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-259980 August 17, 1995 Mr. Joe M. Cleaver Executive Secretary Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Dear Mr. Cleaver: This letter provides our observations on federal financial regulators' practices for screening applicants for director and senior bank executive positions under section 32 of t...
Date July 19, 1995 Report No. GGD-95-199R Title

Income Security: Other Income Reporting

United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-261927 July 19, 1995 of The Honorable Commissioner Dear Mrs. Margaret Milner Richardson Internal Revenue Richardson: In December 1994, we issued a report on the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) progress in planning the Taxpayer Compliance Measurement Program (TCMP) for tax year 1994 we emphasized the impor...
Date Oct. 8, 1993 Report No. GGD-94-2 Title

Tax Administration: IRS Can Do More to Collect Taxes Labelled 'Currently Not Collectible'

United ,‘ z . States General Accounting Office ,. : October 19$S .. Report to the Chairmzin, Subcommittee : ’ ;on O~vqsi$htt, Committee on Ways and ‘ . &&H&S,House of Representatives ,‘ I.:,_ ,,‘ .., .( *I( : : _.I. : ‘ .‘ ., ’ : ~#a,“ .‘ .IRS, ‘ :,”.ii,: ~:f+‘ /_ J-&~t ,.. ,Cm Do Taxes Not pvIore Labelled to .‘ , .’ -.:: ,_ ” .‘ _: :Y, ~:(-J-&ytible” ..:_ : ,...
Date April 28, 1993 Report No. AFMD-93-40 Title

Federal Tax Deposit System: IRS Can Improve the Federal Tax Deposit System

GAO Report to the Secretary of the Treasury FEDERAL TAX DEPOSIT SYSTEM IRS Can Improve the Federal Tax Deposit System GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Accounting and Financial Management Division B-261977 April 28,1993 The Honorable Lloyd Bentsen The Secretary of the Treasury Dear Mr. Secretary: As part of our ongoing fmancial audit of the Internal Revenue Service...
Date April 26, 1993 Report No. GGD-93-91BR Title

Tax Administration: IRS' Test of Tax Return Filing by Telephone

GAO Report to the Chairman, Committee on Governmenta lJ.S. Senate TAX ADMINISTRATION IRS’Test of Tax Return Filing by Telephone GAO United States General Accounting Offlee Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Divieion B-252525 April 26, 1993 The Honorable John Glenn Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is test...
Date March 22, 1993 Report No. GGD-93-64 Title

Tax Administration: Delayed Tax Deposits Continue to Cause Lost Interest for the Government

ADMINISTRATION Delayed Tax Deposits Continue to Cause Lost Interest for the Government 148751 GAO United States General Accounting Offlce Washington, D.C. 20648 General Government Division B-262236 March 22, 1993 The Honorable J.J. Pickle Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This report responds to your request for updated info...
Date Jan. 22, 1993 Report No. GGD-93-40 Title

Tax Administration: Opportunities to Increase the Use of Electronic Filing

GAO ,Jartwtry l!l!M TAX ADMINISTRATION Opportunities to Increase the Use of Electronic Filing 148495 GAO United States General Accounting Once Washington, D.C. 20648 General Government Division B-260163 January 22,1993 The Honorable Daniel P. Moynihan Chairman, Committee on Finance United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: In responseto the former Chairman’srequest,this report discussessteps the I...
Date Aug. 31, 1990 Report No. GGD-90-120 Title

Tax Administration: IRS Needs to Assess Options to Make Faster Deposits of Large Tax Payments

G A Ot United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-240560 August31, 1990 The Honorable J. J. Pickle Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: On May 9, 1990, you asked us to provide information about the timeliness of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) deposits of tax payments. As discuss...
Date April 13, 1990 Report No. GGD-90-73BR Title

Tax Policy: Taxation of Pension Income for Retired New Jersey Police and Firefighters

lIrlitctcf States General Accounting Offiw iSA0 1Sriefing Report to Congressional Requesters __ll--- TAX POLICY Taxation of Pension Income for Retired New Jersey Police and Firefighters ii lllll I IIll1 141129 GAO United State6 General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-237901 April 13,199O The Honorable United States The Honorable United States Bill Bradley Sen...
Date Dec. 14, 1988 Report No. GGD-89-21 Title

Tax Administration: IRS' Combined Annual Wage Reporting Reconciliation Program

GAO December 1988 Report to Congressional Requesters TAX ADMINISTRATION IRS’ Combined Annual Wage Reporting Reconciliation Program ---- GAO/GGD-89-21 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 General Government Division B-217690 December 14, 1988 The Honorable Lloyd Bentsen Chairman, Joint Committee on Taxation The Honorable Dan Rostenkowski Vice-Chairman, Joint Committe...
Date March 16, 1988 Report No. HRD-88-24 Title

Veterans' Pensions: Verifying Income With Tax Data Can Identify Significant Payment Problems

Appendix VIII Comments From the Vrtrrans Administration 1 i. ln view of the foregoing, we feel that the Interests of our beneficiaries will he hest served hv the continued use of the one-page MR form. We will, however, carefully &view each question to determine If It can be improved. Now 0” P 78 Regarding GAO’ suggested s revision of WR queSti 5D (See report pages 90-91.), a simplified revisio...
Date Oct. 15, 1987 Report No. T-HRD-88-2 Title

Income Security: Uncredited Earnings for Social Security

United states GeneralAccountingOfflee /3Y I Testimony For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. EDT Thursday October 15, 1987 UNCREDITED EARNINGS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY "'i ,. 1 Statement of Edward A. Densmore, Deputy Human Resources Division Before the Subcommittee on Retirement and Employment Select Committee on Aging House of Representatives Director Income 1' III I 134144 SLMMARY ” An estim...
Date Sept. 21, 1987 Report No. HRD-87-62 Title

Veterans' Benefits: Improving the Integrity of VA's Unemployability Compensation Program

#0' ~' United States General Accounting Office GAO September 1987 Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate I 3( Ir + VETERANS' BENEFITS Improving the Integrity of VA's Unemployability Compensation Program RELEASED GAO/HRD-87-62 (3y/97 G AO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Human Resources Division B-225048 September 21, 1987 Th...
Date April 21, 1986 Report No. IMTEC-86-17 Title

Data Quality: IRS' Actions To Improve the Accuracy of Non-Wage Income Data Are Vital

GAO’ April 1986 34578 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and Monetary Affairs, Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives United States General Accounting Office ’ DATA QUALITY IRS’ Actions to Irnprove the Accuracy of Non-wage Income Data Are Vital GAO,‘IMTEC-86-17 035361 .. . . I - 1 / 1 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C....
Date May 8, 1985 Report No. 126891 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: U.S. Citizens Living in Foreign Countries and Not Filing Federal Income Tax Returns

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday, May 8, 1985 STATEMENT OF JOHNNYC. FINCH, SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR GENERALGOVERNMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE COMMERCE, ON CONSUMER AND MONETARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEEON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES ON / I I UNITED STATES CITIZENS LIVING IN FO'REIGNCOUNTRIES A...
Date Dec. 28, 1983 Report No. 123420 Title

[Marginal Tax Rates on Earnings of Factor Inputs: Estimates for Five OECD Nations]

P - t i . L.4 j 27437 llllll llllllllllll I 1 l 123420 M R I A TAX RATES ON EARNINGS OF FACTOR INPUTS: A GN L ESTIMATES FOR FIVE OECD NATIONS William 6 . Shear U.S. General Accounting Office George S. To’lley Un i vers it y o f C h i ca go This paper i s i o be presented a t the ASSA Meetings under the Society f o r Government Economists on December Zd, 1983, i n San Francisco. This research was...
Date July 25, 1983 Report No. 122044 Title

House Bill 3475: Tax Law Simplification and Improvement Act of 1983

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTTNG OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. '20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 1O:OO AM EDT MONDAY, JULY 25, 1983 STATEMENT OF JOHNNY C. FINCH, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, GENERAL GOVERNMENTDIVISION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON HOUSE BILL TAX LAW SIMPLIFICATION 3415 AND IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1983 llllI llll 122044 Mr. Chairman We are and Members of ...
Date June 30, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-45 Title

Income Security: Self-Employed FY Taxpayers Can Receive an Advantage Compared to Self-Employed Calendar Year Taxpayers at the Social Security Trust Funds' Expense

UNITED STATES'GENERA~ACCOUN~~NG OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-204985 June 30, 1983 The Honorable Daniel Rostenkowski Committee on Ways and Means Chairman, House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Self-employed Fiscal Year Taxpayers Can Receive an Advantage Compared to Self-Employed Calendar Year Taxpayers at the Social Security Trust Funds' Expense (GAO/HRD-83-45) Subject: In May 1981, you re...
Date Oct. 14, 1982 Report No. GGD-83-8 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: IRS Can Do More To Identify Tax Return Processing Problems and Reduce Processing Costs

BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Commissioner Internal Revenue Of IRS Can Do More To Identify Return Processing Problems Reduce Processing Costs IRS detected about 33 million errors on the 94 million individual income tax returns processed in fiscal year 1981. The errors were made by taxpayers when they prepared their returns and by IRS employees when they processed those returns...
Date Nov. 5, 1981 Report No. GGD-82-4 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: What IRS Can Do To Collect More Delinquent Taxes

BY THEP COMPTROLLER GENERAL E Report To The Congress OF THE UNITED STATES What IRSCan Do To Collect More Delinquent Taxes The number and amount of delinquent tax accounts are increasing faster than IRS can deal with them. In 1979 delinquent taxes owed the Government exeeded $13 billion. Although IRS collected almost $5 billion in delin uenties that year, delinquencies grew by $s billion, totaling ...
Date Sept. 30, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-117 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Tax Revenues Lost and Beneficiaries Inadequately Protected When Private Pension Plans Terminate

BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL , f&port ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Tax Revenues Lost And Beneficiaries Inadequately Protected When Private Pension Plans Terminate Many terminating private pension plans are not voluntarily requesting the internal Revenue Service (IRS) reviews for protecting participants’ rights to benefits, and termination actions are not being reported to the Pension Benefit G...
Date June 19, 1981 Report No. GGD-81-84 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: IRS Can Reduce Processing Costs by Not Transcribing Cents Data From as Many Lines on Tax Returns

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHlNGTON, D.C. 20548 UfNFRAL GOVERNME- DIVISION JUNE 19,198l B-202441 The Honorable Roscoe L, Egger, Jr. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Department of the Treasury Dear Mr. Egger: IRS Can Reduce Processing Costs by Not ITranscribing Cents Data from as Many Lines on Tax Returns I (GGD-81-84) .J the Internal Revenue Service's As you know, we are reviewing (...
Date Feb. 27, 1981 Report No. ID-81-29 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: American Employment Abroad Discouraged by U.S. Income Tax Laws

F SW, w4g BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL’ Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES American Employment Abroad Discouraged By U.S.Income Tax Laws To adequately promote and service US. roducts and operations in forei n countries, e .S. companies em lay a large Borce of U.S. citizens abroad. cpA0 surveyed a roup of major U.S. companies which report d that US. tax rovisions established by the Foreign Earn...
Date Oct. 1, 1980 Report No. 113436 Title

Information Management: The IRS Document Matching Program

. I 113436 UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON,D. C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10 a.m. EDT October 1, 1980 I _.^. STATEMENTOF WILLIAM J. ANDERSON,DIRECTOR GENERALGOVERNMENT DIVISION, BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE COMMERCE, ON CONSUMER AND MONETARY AFFAIRS HOUSECOMMITTEEON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS .. ON DOCUMENT MATCHINGPROGRAM Mr. Chairman: We welcome the opportunity continuing ...
Date Feb. 27, 1980 Report No. PAD-80-41 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Recent Developments in the Withholding Tax System

cohr;pTRO,J.ER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE i?0-8 UNiTED STATES B-197736 The Honorable Benjamin S. Rosenthal Chairman, Commerce, Consumer, and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Developments (PAD-80-41) in the FEBRUARY 27,198O .!,cc L;/(~/ Subject: Withholding Tax In your letter of November 21, 1979, you asked us t...
Date Dec. 5, 1979 Report No. GGD-80-10 Title

The Personal Casualty and Theft Loss Tax Deduction: Analysis and Proposals for Change

OF THE UNITEDSTATES The Personal Casualty And Theft Loss Tax Deduction: Analysis And Proposals For Change The personal casualty and theft loss deduction provided by section 165kl (31 of the internal Revenue Code and sections 7 .I657 and 1 .165-8 of the Treasury Regulations cannot be administered in an even-handed manner. Both taxpayers and tax administrators have difficulty applying the regulation...
Date Dec. 3, 1979 Report No. 110992 Title

Special Publications: The Underground Economy

PRESENTATION OF RICHARD L. FOGEL, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE BEFORE THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FEDERAL TAX DIVISION ON LHE UNDERGROUND ECONOMYJ December 3, 1979 Palm Springs, California I appreciate this opportunity to talk to the Federal Tax Division of the Institute about the "underground economy" problem and what we ...
Date April 24, 1979 Report No. 109173 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Internal Revenue Service's Efforts Directed at Multiple False Filers

..I mr73 United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 w2 FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY Expected at 1O:OO a.m. EST April 24, 1979 STATEMENT OF RICHARDL. FOGEL, ASSOCIATEDIRECTOR, GENERALGOVERNMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE COMMERCE, ON CONSUMER AND MONETARY AFFAIRS HOUSECOMMITTEE GOVERNMENT ON OPERATIONS ON d Mr. THE GERNAL REVENUE SERVICE'S EFFORTS 1 DIRECTEDAT MULTIPLE FALSE FILE...
Date April 10, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-53 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Taxpayer Waiting Time at IRS' Walk-In Service Offices

REPOtiT ii’ THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES ! Taxpayer Waiting Time At IRS’ Walk-in Service Offices At the request of the Operations Subcommittee Consumer and Monetary ducted a nationwide test taxpayers to get help at off ices. House Government on Commerce, Affairs, GAO conof the time it took IRS’ walk-in service Waiting times averaged 9.4 minutes during the first 8 weeks of the ...
Date March 25, 1977 Report No. 100663 Title

Government Operations: Review of Coast Guard's Military Pay and Allowance System

DOCUMENT RESUME 00663 - [A1051804] (Review of Coast Guard's Military Pay and Allowance System]. March 25, 1977. 2 pp. + appendix (2 pp.). Report to Ads. Oven M. Siler, Commandant, Ccast Guard; by Hugh J. Wessinger, Associate Directcr. Community and Economic Development Div. Issue Area: Personnel Management and Compensation (300). Contact: Community and Economic Development Div. Budget Function: Ge...
Date Feb. 9, 1977 Report No. GGD-77-26 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Simplification of Tax Form 1040A

DOCUMENT RESUME 00280 - (A07512791 $Simplication of Tax Form 1040A]. GGD-77-26; B-137762. February 9, 1977. 9 pp. + enclosure (1 tp.). Report to Rep. Al Ullman, Chairman, Joint Committee on Taxation; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Tax Administration: simplifying and Communicatirg Tax Law Requirements to Taxpayers (2704); Federal Records Management (1400);lax Policy (1500). Co...
Date Dec. 14, 1976 Report No. 100316 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: How the Internal Revenue Service Selects and Audits Individual Income Tax Returns

, * -FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at iO:CO a.m. EST Tuesday, December 14, 1976 STATEMENTOF DIVISION VICTCR L. LONE, DIRECTOR, GEFlERALGOVERNKENT BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEEOX OVERSIGHT HOUSE COM.W-TEE ON WAYS AND MEA% ON HOWTHE INTERNAL REVEM? SERVICE SELECTS AND AUDITS IF!DIVIDUAL IIKOYE TAX RETURNS Mr. Chairman and f+emhers of the Subcommittee: deals with the reviews we made of how IRS selects O...
Date Dec. 2, 1976 Report No. GGD-76-54 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Audit of Individual Income Tax Returns by the Internal Revenue Service

QF THE LWITED STA TK5’ ~IllMll~ llllllllll lllllllllllillllll llllllll LMi00264 Audit Of Individual Income eturms By The Internal Revenue Service Department of the Treasury Internal Revr:nLe Service cxdmlners oener,!tty used therr atlthorrty for aurlltlnu rC+x retur:lb bdlth dlscretwn, and taxpayers GAO ctucst!on ed generdlly reacted favor&,ly to IRS. HULZ’ever, the audit process co~*lcl Lw tm...
Date May 17, 1976 Report No. 089599 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Review of the Department of Finance and Revenue's Administration of Self-Assessed Taxes

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCCNJNTINGOFFICE . WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 I GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION MAY17 1976 \ Mr. Kenneth Back, Director Department of Finance and Revenue District of Columbia Government Dear Mr. Back: We have completed our review of the Department of Finance and Revenue's (DFR) administration of self-assessed taxes'. The review resulted in reports to the and the Mayor and District C...
Date Oct. 20, 1975 Report No. GGD-76-1 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Proposed Changes in Estate Taxation

. . , 0949$y G’ GP-76-1 m 4 : REPORT TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION i?ONGiZESS OF THE UNITED STATES BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ’ f z Proposed Changes In Estate Taxation Internal Revenue of the Service Treasury Department GAO is recommending changes in the Internal Revenue Code to preclude --unintended tax benefits or burdens resulting from gifts determ...
Date March 26, 1975 Report No. GGD-75-53 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Mandatory Tax Withholding Recommended for Agricultural Employees

* REPORT TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES Mandatory Tax Witlhholding Recommended For Agricultural Employees Internal Revenue Service Department of the Treasury BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF THE UNITED P.C. 20848 STATES B-137762 Chairman and Vice Chairman Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxatio...
Date March 20, 1975 Report No. GGD-75-8 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: What Is Being Done About Individuals Who Fail To File a District Income Tax Return?

REPORT TO THE CO lllll~lllll~llllllllllllllllillullllillllll LMO97079 What Is Being Done About Individuals Who Fail To File A District Income Tax Return? District of Columbia Government BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE 20548 UNITED STAT= U-118638 I To the President of the Senate and the G1 Speaker of the House of Representatives This is ou...