The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration yesterday released Existing Practices Allowed IRS Contractors to Receive Payments While Owing Delinquent Taxes (2011-30-013):
IRS contractors received more than $356 million in payments from the IRS in 2009 despite owing a combined $3.8 million in back taxes. … While the IRS was reviewing the contractors’ accounts, collection efforts were suspended and the contractors received payments totaling approximately $356 million from the IRS and $3.6 billion from other Federal agencies.
