IRS Identifies ID Theft, Does Nothing [semi-satire]

Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 4 Sep 2016 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a report this week indicating that the IRS had discovered more than a million cases of identity theft but failed to notify any of the victims.

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen defended the lack of effort to inform the taxpayers whose identities were stolen as "not the agency's job. Look, in the vast majority of these thefts the stolen IDs are merely being used by undocumented residents to obtain employment. There is no negative impact on the government. If a person's ID is stolen and someone else uses it to get a job that means that more cash will be flowing to the government because two separate individuals will be paying taxes under the same Social Security number. What's the harm in that?"

Koskinen brushed off fears that more income being reported under the same SSN could trigger problems for a taxpayer. "If someone gets audited all he has to do is prove that the extra income wasn't his," Koskinen reassured. "As for the possibility that at some future date two separate claims for SS benefits might be filed, well, that wouldn't be the IRS' problem. Social Security benefits are handled by another agency."

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[pepsionice]

Even though this was a parody....I tell where this will lead onto....everyone underpaying their taxes owed. So if you estimated your yearly taxes at $7,500....instead of sending off monthly $800, and getting a refund back....you will underpay it by a thousand minimum.

Personally, I think that IRS ought to notify you within 72 hours of a suspected abuse of your number....and if they fail to do it....they ought to be forced to send you a check for $1,000 for their screw-up.