HOLLYWOOD
02-21-2012, 02:10 PM
This is getting down right evil by these Old Imperial Empire Aristocrats... It's using government employees as an excuse, but we all know who this is really targeting, the civilian population. Imagine if you are in Alaska, or Hawaii, or Peurto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam etc...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2012/02/18/owe-irs-taxes-lose-your-passport/
Owe IRS Taxes, Lose Your Passport
http://blogs-images.forbes.com/robertwood/files/2012/01/image6.jpg (http://blogs-images.forbes.com/robertwood/files/2012/01/image6.jpg)
This is only a proposed law and only for those owing more than $50,000 to the IRS. Another proposal is to make the Thrift Savings Fund accounts federal employees have–currently exempt from IRS levies–fair game. Both proposals are from Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). See Hatch’s Memo to Reporters & Editors (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=hatch%20proposes%20levying%20federal%20workers%2 0thrift%20accounts&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffinance.senate.gov%2Fnewsroom%2Fr anking%2Frelease%2F%3Fid%3Dd714f27c-9953-46dc-93e2-36377c27e0af&ei=Kt4-T_6-JobXtgfjnPnjBQ&usg=AFQjCNGsq9R5kXZt_zYFilJRvPPAaNPnFg).
The latter suggests people find it especially galling when federal employees owe back taxes. More than 279,000 federal workers and retirees (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/amid-calls-for-tax-fairness-government-report-shows-federal-workers-owe-34b-in-back-taxes/2012/01/26/gIQA5a5sTQ_story.html?tid=pm_business_pop) owe more than $3.4 billion in back income taxes. Senator Hatch is not the only one upset because tax delinquents are being paid with federal tax dollars. And the size of the problem seems to be growing.
The 279,000 and $3.4 billion figures are from 2010. They are up from $3.3 billion in 2009, $3 billion in 2008, and $2.7 billion in 2007. Some of the demographics are interesting. The departments and agencies with the largest percentages of employee/retiree tax problems are:
U.S. Office of Government Ethics: 6.49%
Federal Reserve Board: 4.86%
U.S. House of Representatives: 4.24%
Housing & Urban Development: 3.89%
Education: 3.88%
Army: 3.83%
Veterans Affairs: 3.78%
Commerce: 3.54%
Health & Human Services: 3.51%
Defense: 3.19%
Air Force: 3.11%
U.S. Senate: 3.08%
Navy: 3.05%
State: 2.94%
SEC: 2.50%
U.S. Tax Court: 2.25%
For a complete list, see Time To Pay Your Taxes (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/irs-federal-workers-2010/). Who ranks with the lowest delinquency rate (at least among cabinet departments? The U.S.Treasury Department, with only 0.96%.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) have authored bills (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2010/03/rep_chaffetz_proposes_firing_f.html) to force federal agencies, the U.S. Postal Service and congressional offices to fire employees (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2011/02/17/ST2011021706424.html) who purposely avoid paying taxes. Exceptions would be made for employees suffering from family turmoil or working to correct significant financial hardship. Chaffetz’s bill was approved by a committee last spring (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/14/house-panel-passes-cracking-tax-delinquent-federal-workers/), but Coburn’s still awaits consideration by a Senate panel. See Federal Employees Owe $1.03 billion In Unpaid Taxes (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/federal-employees-owe-103-billion-in-unpaid-taxes/2012/01/20/gIQAv7KKJQ_blog.html).
http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2012/02/18/owe-irs-taxes-lose-your-passport/
Owe IRS Taxes, Lose Your Passport
http://blogs-images.forbes.com/robertwood/files/2012/01/image6.jpg (http://blogs-images.forbes.com/robertwood/files/2012/01/image6.jpg)
This is only a proposed law and only for those owing more than $50,000 to the IRS. Another proposal is to make the Thrift Savings Fund accounts federal employees have–currently exempt from IRS levies–fair game. Both proposals are from Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). See Hatch’s Memo to Reporters & Editors (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=hatch%20proposes%20levying%20federal%20workers%2 0thrift%20accounts&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffinance.senate.gov%2Fnewsroom%2Fr anking%2Frelease%2F%3Fid%3Dd714f27c-9953-46dc-93e2-36377c27e0af&ei=Kt4-T_6-JobXtgfjnPnjBQ&usg=AFQjCNGsq9R5kXZt_zYFilJRvPPAaNPnFg).
The latter suggests people find it especially galling when federal employees owe back taxes. More than 279,000 federal workers and retirees (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/amid-calls-for-tax-fairness-government-report-shows-federal-workers-owe-34b-in-back-taxes/2012/01/26/gIQA5a5sTQ_story.html?tid=pm_business_pop) owe more than $3.4 billion in back income taxes. Senator Hatch is not the only one upset because tax delinquents are being paid with federal tax dollars. And the size of the problem seems to be growing.
The 279,000 and $3.4 billion figures are from 2010. They are up from $3.3 billion in 2009, $3 billion in 2008, and $2.7 billion in 2007. Some of the demographics are interesting. The departments and agencies with the largest percentages of employee/retiree tax problems are:
U.S. Office of Government Ethics: 6.49%
Federal Reserve Board: 4.86%
U.S. House of Representatives: 4.24%
Housing & Urban Development: 3.89%
Education: 3.88%
Army: 3.83%
Veterans Affairs: 3.78%
Commerce: 3.54%
Health & Human Services: 3.51%
Defense: 3.19%
Air Force: 3.11%
U.S. Senate: 3.08%
Navy: 3.05%
State: 2.94%
SEC: 2.50%
U.S. Tax Court: 2.25%
For a complete list, see Time To Pay Your Taxes (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/irs-federal-workers-2010/). Who ranks with the lowest delinquency rate (at least among cabinet departments? The U.S.Treasury Department, with only 0.96%.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) have authored bills (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2010/03/rep_chaffetz_proposes_firing_f.html) to force federal agencies, the U.S. Postal Service and congressional offices to fire employees (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2011/02/17/ST2011021706424.html) who purposely avoid paying taxes. Exceptions would be made for employees suffering from family turmoil or working to correct significant financial hardship. Chaffetz’s bill was approved by a committee last spring (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/14/house-panel-passes-cracking-tax-delinquent-federal-workers/), but Coburn’s still awaits consideration by a Senate panel. See Federal Employees Owe $1.03 billion In Unpaid Taxes (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/federal-employees-owe-103-billion-in-unpaid-taxes/2012/01/20/gIQAv7KKJQ_blog.html).