Posted on 01/09/2014 12:04:34 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service should take steps to restore public trust in its work, including adopting a taxpayer bill of rights that clearly states individuals' rights to fair treatment from the tax agency, an IRS watchdog said on Thursday.
With its reputation for political neutrality hurt by a 2013 uproar over its treatment of conservative political groups, the IRS needs to reassure Americans of their tax rights, said the Taxpayer Advocate Service, an oversight arm of the agency.
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LOL. That was a good laugh.
Shoulda, woulda, coulda. But I imagine the dems will scream about doing this if conservatives should ever regain any power.
Right you are. Silly pap for the simpleminded.
This sounds like a joke. Let us get the mafia to create a Mafioso bill of rights and the dog-fighters to create a doggy bill of rights....
Yeah, the constitution just doesn’t protect us enough by restricting the fedguv.
Better yet, get rid of it completely. Switch to a consumption tax model and put this gestapo bureaucracy in the grave, where it belongs.
“IRS should create, adopt U.S. taxpayer bill of rights”
Yeah, sure. And let King George write up the united states constitution and bill of rights.
Ya what a laugh. Its not different than letting Congress design a term limits law. LOL, what could possibly go wrong.
RE: Better yet, get rid of it completely. Switch to a consumption tax model and put this gestapo bureaucracy in the grave, where it belongs.
So, what happens to the thousands of people who work for the IRS?
And while we’re at it, what do we do with all the computers and all the data?
>>So, what happens to the thousands of people who work for the IRS?
Let them get real jobs that produce a return on investment for society, such as carpenters and brick layers.
It's not term-limits or their lack that's killing us, it's that there's two sets of rules/laws: one for the general people, and one for the privileged. (You could even argue there's three sets: the normally applied laws, the laws applied when "they're out to get you", and the laws applied when they like you.)
I thought there already was a “taxpayers bill of rights”.
IIRC, they adopted an IRS bill of rights....and IIRC, they could search endlessly and you had to prove they were wrong.
We already have a Bill of Rights. The 1st, 2nd, and 4th Amendments are applicable, and would be if we had good politicians.
Worthless. They’ve already compromised their integrity. Fire the lot of them and start over. The IRS is a tool of political repression. Let’s try a new way.
In other news...the Foxes Management Association has decided to create a Bill of Rights for Chickens Of The Barnyard...soon to be posted on coop walls on every farm.
Civil rights are not created by government, but are natural rights. Confusing natural rights with license granted by government is a very bad idea.
Government tries very hard to confuse the two. For example, “corporate civil rights” are exclusively given, and can be taken away.
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