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IRS lost millions of taxpayer records that could be used for identity theft
Just the News ^ | August 28, 2023 | Casey Harper

Posted on 08/29/2023 1:48:22 PM PDT by Twotone

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1 posted on 08/29/2023 1:48:22 PM PDT by Twotone
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The Internal Revenue Service lost millions of taxpayer records and federal employees don’t know where they have gone.

And wouldn't you know it, Hunter & Joe's records mysteriously disappeared.

2 posted on 08/29/2023 1:50:06 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Twotone

Purposeful Fed. Government redistribution of wealth. Someone prove otherwise.


3 posted on 08/29/2023 1:54:08 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: unixfox

Maybe those 87,000 new agents can help them find the records.


4 posted on 08/29/2023 1:57:08 PM PDT by econjack
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To: Twotone

China has them.


5 posted on 08/29/2023 1:59:48 PM PDT by Revel
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Gosh, they were around here somewhere. Danny, did you see if they went out with the trash bags?


6 posted on 08/29/2023 2:01:33 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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have they been fined tens of millions of dollars like private corporations are?


7 posted on 08/29/2023 2:03:50 PM PDT by eyeamok
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Under relentless and withering Republican scrutiny, this will result in an IRS budget increase and ten thousand more government union employees to make sure “this never happens again.”


8 posted on 08/29/2023 2:08:21 PM PDT by TimSkalaBim
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Well, I sure hope the IRS was able to sell this information for a good price.


9 posted on 08/29/2023 2:26:33 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (They say "Our Democracy" but they mean Cosa Nostra.)
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“The TIGTA report, released earlier this month, says the IRS is “not in compliance” with federal recordkeeping rules.”

Rules, schmools...

Actually...cut IRS funding until they Are in compliance...I can dream


10 posted on 08/29/2023 2:44:21 PM PDT by goodnesswins ( We pretend to vote and they pretend to count the votes.)
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you’d think they’d notify the compromised parties, and you’d be wrong...


11 posted on 08/29/2023 2:45:53 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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They threw them away. When they get behind, they simply throw away the backlog.


12 posted on 08/29/2023 2:58:09 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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I saw this article late last week, and started thinking.

If one of my clients gets an audit letter, it is common for the IRS to request they provide a return. I am musing how, “We destroyed that return and all supporting data when the statute of limitations expired” will play. The SOL is three years from the due date or filing, whichever is later.

On an entirely unrelated matter, I requested all tax returns and data for a few LLCs of mine. The time was 2015-current. A pretty little letter from the IRS came and said that it could find nothing to produce. So, I can’t rebuild any tax history, NOR can the IRS.

I am inventing my response to the IRS the next time it asks for info.

Gwjack


13 posted on 08/29/2023 2:59:43 PM PDT by gwjack (May God give America His richest blessings.)
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"IRS lost millions of taxpayer records that could be used for identity theft"

During the administrative terms when democrats are in charge of the government, what do tax records now have in common with voting records, election results, electronic messaging and document archiving?
14 posted on 08/29/2023 3:20:50 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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and federal employees don’t know where they have gone.

Kind of hard to believe…since there’s so much redundancy built into large-scale systems.

Data redundancy refers to the practice of keeping data in two or more places within a database or data storage system. Data redundancy ensures an organization can provide continued operations or services in the event something happens to its data -- for example, in the case of data corruption or data loss. The concept applies to areas such as databases, computer memory and file storage systems.

Data redundancy can occur within an organization intentionally or accidentally. If done intentionally, the same data is kept in different locations with the organization making a conscious effort to protect it and ensure its consistency. This data is often used for backups or disaster recovery.

https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/definition/redundant

15 posted on 08/29/2023 4:31:18 PM PDT by yelostar (Spook codes 33 and 13. See them often in headlines and news stories. )
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I lose one check, and I could be audited, fined, and even jailed.

They do this... and it’s “Oopsy. Sorry about that.”


16 posted on 08/29/2023 4:36:21 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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I’m convinced the records are routinely shuffled to the DNC.


17 posted on 08/29/2023 5:00:19 PM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23 "And THIS is His commandment . . . . ")
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Here is where your tax return goes to get lost!
I hope they lost my records : )

I made no money last year in the stock I have and I am doing pretty good this year but I have quite a bit of already taxed money so do not need to sell my stock that would trigger new taxes.
Below see the photos of the paperwork and Windows XP computers and COBAL!!!!

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Why does the IRS need $80 billion? Just look at its cafeteria.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2022/irs-pipeline-tax-return-delays/
As of July 29, the IRS had a backlog of 10.2 million unprocessed individual returns. Blame the pandemic, sure, but also the agency’s embarrassingly outdated, paper-based system, which leaves stacks and stacks of returns cluttering shelves, hallways and even the cafeteria.

On the Pipeline, paper tax returns aren’t scanned into computers; instead, IRS employees manually keystroke the numbers from each document into the system, digit by digit.


18 posted on 08/29/2023 10:52:47 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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#12 This is like “The Simpson’s” Chief Wiggum of Springfield who when he comes in on monday just deletes all the recorded 911 calls from the weekend....


19 posted on 08/29/2023 10:54:57 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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#15 Data redundancy?
I have my backup drive on top of my pc under under my desk under my drink holder and a copy next to my electric car in the garage. All is safe.


20 posted on 08/29/2023 11:04:13 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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