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IRS unable to make sure people comply with Obamacare penalty: Treasury IG
The Washington Times ^ | May 8, 2015 | Tom Howell Jr.

Posted on 05/08/2015 10:07:56 AM PDT by T Ruth

The IRS cannot be sure that Americans who lacked health insurance last year have complied with Obamacare’s “individual mandate” penalty this tax season, according to an inspector general report Friday that pointed to a decision to delay proof-of-coverage forms from insurers and employers until 2016.

Agency mangers told the Treasury’s Inspector General for Tax Administration that a “business decision was made to not develop processes and procedures” to ensure compliance after it decided in 2013 to delay the pair of forms. The documents are sent to both filers and the IRS, allowing the federal government to cross-check what filers say on their returns.

“The transition relief was intended to give the insurer time to adapt its health coverage and reporting systems to comply with [Obamacare],” the IG report said. The same was true for employers.

Obamacare’s health exchanges did report 2014 insurance details for its customers on a form known as the 1095-A, although more than 800,000 customers on the federal HealthCare.gov portal received ones with errors.

For non-exchange customers, the 1095-B form from insurers and 1095-C form from employers were delayed for a year.

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(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 0carenightmare; exchanges; irs; irsobamacare; irsscandals; obamacare; obamacarepenalty; obamacaretax; taxes; treasuryig

1 posted on 05/08/2015 10:07:57 AM PDT by T Ruth
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To: T Ruth
What a pathetic joke on the population of the USA. The criminal class (i.e., politicians) should ALL
2 posted on 05/08/2015 10:13:11 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: hal ogen

...be arrested, imprisoned, waterboarded...and, then, exiled. What unConstitutional oafs and hobos.


3 posted on 05/08/2015 10:14:02 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: T Ruth

BTW...there’s an IRS scam going on via robo telephoning nationwide. Tells people the IRS is after them. I got a call and then called our local police about them. They shared there is such a scam currently under investigation across the nation.

I of course, played them well...asked them what IRS and where were they located so I could send money....but I sounded like a senile old lady repeating “Uh” What did you say” I can’t hear you”...which IRS is that again”...

Then I heard someone holler..”Disconnect that phone!”

Course the guy on the phone had an Indian accent.


4 posted on 05/08/2015 10:20:24 AM PDT by caww
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To: T Ruth

Effing’ retards. You provided a 1st year exemption’ then you throw a hissy fit that people paid the penalty than pay the same scam every month?


5 posted on 05/08/2015 10:21:45 AM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: hal ogen

That is a general announcement that the middle class will be audited.


6 posted on 05/08/2015 10:30:30 AM PDT by enduserindy (A painted trash can is still a trash can.)
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To: T Ruth

A small little slice of our $18 trillion debt.

Spit.


7 posted on 05/08/2015 10:59:33 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: caww

We have a house phone hooked up to a magic jack in our office. We never answer it and let it hit voicemail. Got one the other day with a computer generated Scottish accent from the Treasury Dept. We needed to have our attorney call them immediately!
I’m sure quite a few people would be fooled.


8 posted on 05/08/2015 11:35:51 AM PDT by sheana
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To: sheana

I have voice mail but wanted the calls to stop for I was getting them all day.

Sometimes these folks are relentless....

As the police told me...if the IRS wants to contact you it will not be by phone.

I’m on the do not call list as well but these people get thru somehow.


9 posted on 05/08/2015 11:43:55 AM PDT by caww
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To: caww

You need to look into call blocker for your phone.


10 posted on 05/08/2015 12:05:34 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: T Ruth

Whether you have insurance or not is “self-reporting” with no way to verify.


11 posted on 05/08/2015 12:15:12 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Maybe they can stop pissing the 22 trillion dollars in wealth transfers and stop the bleeding...

but they won’t.


12 posted on 05/08/2015 12:16:21 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: T Ruth
IRS unable to make sure people comply with Obamacare penalty

Poor babies.....

...so what happened to the 16,000 new agents complete with 16,000 new Remington shotguns they hired a couple of years ago....

...they all at the office watching porn....../s

Price: 16,000 IRS agents will enforce Obama health care ... www.politifact.com/.../price-16000-irs-agents-will-enforce...

IRS Expansion - FactCheck.org www.factcheck.org/2010/03/irs-expansion/ FactCheck.org Mar 30, 2010 - Q: Will the IRS hire 16,500 new agents to enforce the health care law? .... 21 that the IRS would get "16,000 agents to police this new mandate. Not a Tax: IRS to Hire Thousands of New Agents to Enforce ...

www.breitbart.com/big-government/.../obamacare-irs-agents/ Breitbart Jul 7, 2012 - In 2010, House Ways and Means Committee Republicans issued a report saying the IRS may need as many as 16500 additional auditors, ...

13 posted on 05/08/2015 12:34:47 PM PDT by spokeshave
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To: spokeshave
what happened to the 16,000 new agents

They are targeting Tea Party members.

14 posted on 05/08/2015 5:17:42 PM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be defeated.)
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To: SVTCobra03

And a call blocker is what exactly...thru the phone company or already on my phone and I’m just not aware it’s there?


15 posted on 05/08/2015 11:37:24 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww

http://www.digitone.com/


16 posted on 05/09/2015 1:53:46 AM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: SVTCobra03

Oh! Thank you very much!


17 posted on 05/09/2015 12:02:59 PM PDT by caww
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