“Hundreds of thousands of taxpayers who are expecting refunds this month are instead getting letters like the one Grice got, informing them that because of a debt they never knew about — often a debt incurred by their parents — the government has confiscated their check. The Treasury Department has intercepted $1.9 billion in tax refunds already this year — $75 million of that on debts delinquent for more than 10 years. The aggressive effort to collect old debts started three years ago — the result of a single sentence tucked into the farm bill lifting the 10-year statute of limitations on old debts to Uncle Sam. No one seems eager to take credit for reopening all these long-closed cases.”
Related posts:
Gold nugget weighing 5.5 kg discovered in Australia
US nationals 'under siege'; citizen dies at Border Patrol checkpoint
Washington Post: U.S. $53 billion ‘Black budget’ details leaked by Snowden
US Stem Cell Company Heads to Mexico After FDA Reprimand
U.S. Postal Service loses $5.2 billion, warns of low cash
China's military makes move into Africa
Libyan-American Rapper Khaled M Removed From Plane, Detained
U.S. drug czar: Marijuana is drug most often linked to crime
Switzerland pays billions to foreign governments in tax deal
New York man released after being wrongly imprisoned for 23 years
Iran's Ahmadinejad meets successor after being ousted in election
On Obama’s Plan, a Message Emerges in Israel: Stay Quiet
Sexual predator investigator probed for sex with teenage boy
Drug dog that’s barely more accurate than a coin flip is good enough
Surveillance video disputes officer's story about youth assault arrest