Posted on 11/29/2015 6:27:10 AM PST by RKBA Democrat
Our government is our worst enemy. The IRS is at the top of this tyrannical ladder.
The Treasury Department and the IRS are concerned about the potential risk for identity theft involved with donee reporting given that donees will be collecting donors' taxpayer identification numbers and maintaining those numbers for some period of time. The Treasury Department and the IRS request comments on whether additional guidance is necessary regarding the procedures a donee should use in soliciting and maintaining a donor's taxpayer identification number and address to mitigate the risk.
The actual text also states/claims that this proposal is motivated by taxpayers who have complained that getting a "contemporaneous written acknowledgment (CWA) from the donee organization" is inconvenient and that they would rather just reveal their social security numbers so that the need for the CWA can be eliminated.
Like the Clinton Foundation for starters.
“The actual text also states/claims that this proposal is motivated by taxpayers who have complained that getting a “contemporaneous written acknowledgment (CWA) from the donee organization” is inconvenient and that they would rather just reveal their social security numbers so that the need for the CWA can be eliminated.”
I call BS on that one.
Those opposed are a mix of donors who don't want their identities stolen and donees who don't want to be responsible for safeguarding people's social security numbers.
I would pile on. There are also the obvious free association isssues, not to mention the bad position it puts charities into. “Hey, thanks for the contribution, now give me your SSN.”
Yup. Who are these “taxpayers” requesting that? The IRS commissioner? Moochelle?
You probably nailed it, Moochelle or Barry I guess. Most individuals who pay taxes currently use the standard deduction so how much they give to any charity is immaterial to the IRS needing to know how much everyone gives. No, I am not providing my SSN to any third party so the IRS can monitor my activities, it is no business of theirs, period.
This is the major problem of government, once they get involved in anything, they see a need to compile info. Today if you sell a home, they want the SSNs of those buying and selling, I guess, so they can monitor the transaction to see if you pay your taxes. F EM. It is a voluntary system, a system ceases being voluntary when they hold a gun to your head and say give us the info up front.
Saaaay. I think you’re right. This might well be in response to a “petition for rulemaking.” In this case maybe some gang of miscreants put in a request for this with the long term goal of suppressing charitable contributions. Atheists would find that particularly appealing due to the negative repercussions on churches.
Hard to believe but true: sometimes even the bureaucrats aren’t interested in the really stupid proposals. But they need some justification for saying NO.
I agree. Redundancy in the public sector is horrible.
But good luck trying to get rid of it.
Personally, I would impose a quality control and process review on EVERY program, establish measurable goals with actionalable performance measured based on the stated mission of the agency.
I would impose Zero Based budgeting. Every department across the country would have to account for every person, every ream of paper, etc.
I would impose a strict audit system across every agency and every department. The audits would measure the effectiveness of the agency, department, or program against the stated mission when it was created and funded.
In other words, apply the same business standards to the government that are applied to every single business in the world.
I am sure there are plenty of people at the IRS would be happy with the TDY assignment to help out.
ARGH
That’s just it... the IRS wants to do computerized cross-checks of charitable gunning claims without resorting to audits.
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