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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Tax Privatization Continued Under CR
On a disappointing note, the otherwise-adequate "CRomnibus" is missing a crucial provision that would have shut down an IRS program that privatizes tax collection. From BNA ($):
The [IRS] measure, written mostly by House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.), dropped language that was in the House-passed 2006 Transportation-Treasury spending bill but not in the Senate bill that would prohibit IRS from using any of its funds to hire private debt collectors.
Although National Treasury Employees Union President Colleen Kelley expressed disappointment that the language was excluded from the measure, she said "we understand there were very few policy changes allowed in the measure and we remain optimistic that this program will be brought to an end soon."
Fortunately, measures that end the program have been introduced in the House and Senate.
Posted by Matt Lewis
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