What do 'taxed enough already' cheats cost America?

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The most recent IRS estimate shows a $385 billion shortfall in revenue, mostly from under-reported income.

"Ever since there have been tax collectors, there's been tax evasion," Callahn said.

"Every empire in history, every government on the planet faces the problem of tax evasion. What's happened in the United States is that in the past couple decades, the tax system has become a lot more complex, there are more opportunities to cheat now than there used to be."

And those opportunities are especially ripe for a certain type of tax payer.

IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman says his agency keeps a vigilant eye on one group in particular:

"People who make a lot of money and have very complicated returns, there's a lot more places where a) we're not going to get information on them and we need to do a double-check; and b) where people have the opportunity to push the envelope," Shulman said. "The reality is, if you make $50,000 a year as a schoolteacher, all of your income is withheld by your school system, sent to us. There's very little non-compliance."

Shulman says the IRS sees all kinds of fraud, from multi-million dollar offshore bank accounts to small-scale numbers fudging.


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I would like it if Mr. Fair Share Obama , would force those that work for the federal government to pay up.


A recent IRS report showing that current and retired federal employees owe more than $3.4 billion in income taxes is fueling a drive on Capitol Hill to fire -- and prohibit the hiring of -- tax delinquents on Uncle Sam's payroll.


The report shows that about 98,000 federal civilian workers and postal employees -- or roughly 3% of the federal civilian and Postal Service workforce -- owed about $1 billion to Uncle Sam in 2010, including 684 congressional staffers who owed more than $10 million.


While the total number of delinquent federal employees has dropped, the $1 billion in tax debt for current civilian workers has increased from about $600 million in 2004. When retirees and military personnel are included, nearly 280,000 people owed $3.4 billion, according to the data.


"If you work for the federal government and you don't pay your taxes, you should be fired," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), who has sponsored the Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act.



A new report just out from the Internal Revenue Service reveals that 36 of President Obama’s executive office staff owe the country $833,970 in back taxes. These people working for Mr. Fair Share apparently haven’t paid any share, let alone their fair share.