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Taxpayers could be losing up to $6000 of they don't apply for a certain tax credit, Channel 9's Steve Barrett reported. Volunteers from Heart of Florida United Way's (HFUW) "Financially Fit" are going door to door to some homes in Central Florida to make sure taxpayers are aware of the Earned Income Tax Credit. The group said it is also making sure low-income taxpayers know that they qualify for free tax assistance. "It's around $6,000 that they can get for the Earned Income Tax Credit. It's based on your income and the number of people in your household. Then, getting...

mmigration: Aliens granted executive amnesty by President Obama will be eligible for tax credits for the years they worked here illegally. But wasn't amnesty supposed to benefit the economy and not drain the U.S. Treasury? Subverting the Constitution to grant millions of illegal aliens work permits and freedom from deportation apparently isn't enough for the Obama administration. It now intends, through the Internal Revenue Service, to subvert the tax code to let these illegals collect billions in retroactive Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) payments. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, an unindicted co-conspirator in the cover-up of the IRS Tea Party targeting...

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen confirmed Tuesday that illegal immigrants granted amnesty from deportation under President Obama’s new policies would be able to get extra refunds from the IRS for money they earned while working illegally, as long as they filed returns during those years. Illegal immigrants who are granted the amnesty will be given official Social Security numbers, which means they can go back and amend up to three years of previous tax forms to claim the Earned Income Tax Credit, potentially claiming billions of dollars in additional payments they were ineligible for before the amnesty. Mr. Koskinen said they...

The Clinton Foundation, Operation HOPE and H&R Block Team to Deliver Tax Credits, Financial Counseling and Emergency Guidance to More Than 4,300 Families across the Gulf Coast KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2006--As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches amid an ongoing struggle for recovery along the Gulf Coast, one groundbreaking public-private partnership has emerged as a success story in helping thousands of Americans claim millions of dollars in much-needed, hard-earned income tax refunds. In just under six months, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Program, launched by the William J. Clinton Foundation in collaboration with Operation HOPE...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use.The Internal Revenue Service is putting off until next year a pilot program to require certain low-income taxpayers to provide conclusive proof of their eligibility for a special tax credit and reduce the number of people covered by the program. But it will also look more closely at other poor wage earners seeking the credit. Terry Lemons, an I.R.S. spokesman, said in an interview yesterday that the heightened scrutiny for the second group would constitute "a new area of emphasis" on poor people whom the agency suspects of having misrepresented their eligibility...