(Free Beacon) – The
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) did not stop felons from preparing tax returns, according
to an audit by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
(TIGTA).
Tax return preparers
are required to register with the IRS to get a preparer tax identification
number before they can prepare any tax returns. In order to do so, they must
apply and provide personal information such as their Social Security number,
information about their business, professional credentials and whether or not
they have had any past felony convictions.
The audit found that
in 2014 and 2015, the IRS did not perform compliance checks on tax return
preparers and didn’t revoke their preparer ID number when they violated the
law. The IG found that there were 19,496 preparers who were noncompliant with
tax filing and payment obligations.
There were 3,001
preparers who self-reported a felony conviction on their application, including
the preparation of false tax returns, drug possession, and mortgage fraud.
The IRS did not revoke
preparer ID numbers for 15 percent of confirmed prisoners or 17 percent of
those individuals who were identified as being permanently barred from
preparing tax returns.
The IG found six
prisoners who obtained a preparer tax ID number. Combined, they prepared 829
tax returns with refunds totaling more than $2.5 million.
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