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IF YOU ARE GETTING AUDITED, REMEMBER: NO TIPPING
June 30, 2008
An IRS agent chose to privatize the examination process. Tax Analysts reports ($link) that IRS Agent Robet Rosner pleaded guilty last week to soliciting a $5,000 bribe to issue a "no change" letter. Unfortunatly for the agent, the taxpayer wore a microphone for one of his discussions with the agent, according tothe indictment. Just another data point for those who argue that only official unionized government employees can be trusted with taxpayer data.
UPDATE: The TaxProf has more.
Elswhere on the fraud beat, Russ Fox has a tax miscreat roundup, including another tax-evading strip-club owner, along with something completely different: Rabbi and banker plead guilty in tax-evasion scam. So a rabbi, a banker, and an IRS agent walk into a bar...
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