Do you think if you were given a million dollars you could come up with a story as insane as this one?
Yet, being the small business man I am I had to spend who knows how many hours doing my quarterly taxes as well as year end taxes paying an accountant $270.00 because the IRS rules are so out there in another galaxy you have to pay someone for the privilege to get screwed.
Then you get to read the ones screwing you don't even pay their taxes yet get bonuses.
Long live the corrupt unions and good old boys club.
BTW.............
You'd lose that million $$$$ you can't even make this story up ......
IRS awards bonuses to employees who owe back taxes
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press
Published: Apr 22, 2014 at 1:33 PM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) - A government investigator says the Internal Revenue Service paid $1 million in bonuses to employees who owed back taxes.
An additional 1,700 workers got bonuses even though they had been disciplined for some kind of misconduct within the previous year.
Overall, the IRS's inspector general said the agency paid more than $2.8 million in bonuses from 2010 to 2012 to employees who had conduct issues.
In a report issued Tuesday, the inspector general said the bonus program complied with federal regulations. But, the report said, paying bonuses to workers who owe back taxes conflicts with the IRS mission to enforce tax laws.
The IRS said it has stopped issuing awards to executives with disciplinary problems. The agency said it is considering a similar policy for union workers, subject to negotiations.
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