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Showing posts with label Tax Records. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tax Records. Show all posts

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Delaware officials admit tax snooping; won’t identify Christine O’Donnell as target

By Dave Boyer Friday, July 19, 2013
“A state Division of Revenue investigator accessed records on or after March 20, 2010 following information that came to the attention of the division,” Mr. Carter said in a statement. “The record access led the state revenue investigator to conclude there was no basis for further state investigation of a taxpayer and no action was taken by the state Division of Revenue against the taxpayer.”…ToRead More…

Rep. Issa calls out Justice inaction on tax snooping, sees dangers in health care law

By Stephen Dinan
House oversight committee Chairman Darrell E. Issa said Thursday he’s baffled that the Justice Department declined to prosecute a government employee who apparently knowingly pried into tax records of a political candidate or donor, and said there should be a way for victims to know their rights have been violated.
He also said letting state officials have access to federal tax records can be dangerous, and that’s one reason to try to rein in the health care law, which will expand access to states that plan on running their own insurance exchanges....To Read More

Friday, July 19, 2013

Former GOP Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell told her tax records were breached

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave BoyerThe Washington Times
More than two years after her upstart Senate campaign rocked the Delaware political world, Christine O'Donnell got an unexpected contact from a U.S. Treasury Department agent warning that her private tax records may have been breached.
The phone message earlier this year shocked the battled-scarred candidate, a tea party favorite who knocked off Republican mainstay Michael Castle in the primary before losing in a bid to win Vice President Joseph R. Biden’s former seat…… For Ms. O'Donnell, the message immediately raised red flags.  On March 9, 2010, the day she revealed her plan to run for the Senate in a press release, a tax lien was placed on a house purported to be hers and publicized. The problem was she no longer owned the house. The IRS eventually blamed the lien on a computer glitch and withdrew it….To ReadMore…..