
“The IRS’s next phase in high-tech tax collection will be to create a ‘real-time’ check of tax returns to ‘match them to third party information.’ Starting this year, the IRS tools will be able to track all credit card transactions. The agency has also instructed agents on using social media and e-commerce sites including eBay, as well as the rich data generated by mobile devices. Its computers are capable of scanning multiple networks at the same time to collect ‘matching’ comprehensive profiles for every taxpayer in America. Such profiles include shopping records, travel, social interactions, health records and files from other government investigators.”
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