(CNSNews.com) - An audit
report published this month by the inspector general for the Social
Security Administration says that the Internal Revenue Service's reluctance to
penalize employers who consistently file W-2s on which the Social Security
Number and name do not match has "hindered" the SSA’s efforts to stop
“unauthorized noncitizens” from using Social Security Numbers that are fake or
belong to someone else.
The audit
report looked at “inaccurate wage reporting”—or the filing of W-2 forms on
which the name and the Social Security Number do not match. The SSA has long
said these no-match W-2s are frequently filed on behalf of illegal aliens.
According to the IG audit report released earlier this month, a senior IRS official
admitted to the IG that the service knows this is the case.
“Furthermore,” said the report, “a senior employment tax
official at the IRS acknowledged that unauthorized noncitizens accounted for a
high percentage of inaccurate wage reporting.”……See more at:....
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