Posted on 08/31/2016 4:10:56 PM PDT by CaptainK
Inspector General: IRS identified 1.1 million cases of The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a report Tuesday which found the IRS had identified 1.1 million cases of employment-related identity theft since 2011 but failed to notify the victims. As the IG’s press release makes clear, TIGTA pointed out this same problem to the IRS in a previous audit:
Why is the IRS so hesitant to deal with this problem? Because most of the people committing the identity theft are illegal immigrants.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
Were you actually owed a return and did you get it?
Yep - a big return.
But the illegal beat me to it, filing in December, before the tax year was even over.
It took a year to get my refund, after filing police reports, IRS forms, etc.
Now I’m on those credit watch lists for suspicious activity on all my accounts and credit card.
Worse, until it was cleared up, I was being charged with failing to report income in the nest year (the tax refund).
Another point Trump could mention is that the illegals can buy as many ID’s and social security numbers that they can afford. I’ve always heard that using fake SS #’s was a felony. Job to job using different ID’s.
Some protection for me in that they are not likely stealing Irish names...
Then why was Obama not charged? His SS# is from a state in which he never resided!
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