Social Security stops trying to collect on old debts by seizing tax refunds
Is the IRS out of control? What agency in its right mind would even dream it had the authority to assess to one person the debts owed by another, let alone act as if it did?
And even if the person who they went after actually did owe a debt, if the debt was incurred fifty years ago and no notice was given, I'd say you lost your chance to collect. The feds suggest retaining individual tax records in most cases for three years, up to a maximum of seven (forever if the return was fraudulent or not filed). I'd say seven years after filing is the farthest back they should be able to go then.
Regardless, this is an abuse of power by the IRS. What should happen to the imbeciles that initiated the action?
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The action comes after The Washington Post reported that the government was seizing state and federal tax refunds that were on their way to about 400,000 Americans who had relatives who owed money to the Social Security agency. In many cases, the people whose refunds were intercepted had never heard of any debt, and the debts dated as far back as the middle of the past century. (emphasis added) |
Is the IRS out of control? What agency in its right mind would even dream it had the authority to assess to one person the debts owed by another, let alone act as if it did?
And even if the person who they went after actually did owe a debt, if the debt was incurred fifty years ago and no notice was given, I'd say you lost your chance to collect. The feds suggest retaining individual tax records in most cases for three years, up to a maximum of seven (forever if the return was fraudulent or not filed). I'd say seven years after filing is the farthest back they should be able to go then.
Regardless, this is an abuse of power by the IRS. What should happen to the imbeciles that initiated the action?
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