CounterRevolutionary

Perhaps you are very young. Perhaps you don't read the news papers? It was widely covered in the news. I first heard about this on the radio. It was in the press. This problem was heavily investigated with these ITIN numbers deliberately handed out to illegal aliens. Those mailing addresses were people's residential HOUSES - 154 of them, discovered that had over 1000 tax refunds received from ITIN holders that were being used by tens of thousands, if not millions, of illegal aliens, illegal aliens that the IRS deliberately assigned ITIN, not HR Block. forcing their employees to break the law! Congressional hearings were held with the testimony of IRS whistleblowers! Would you like me to pull up the Congressional hearings for you?

Obviously, you didn't read the full article I posted, nor did you make any effort to find others that expand on this information.

It is very troublesome that the spoiled brats in the Democrat Party who worship the State refuse to admit their beloved big bureaucratic government is crooked, screwing our country. Lois Lerner is the tip of the iceberg. Why do you suppose the IRS and the DOJ targeted the Tea Party? Let's wait and see the full investigation by, Catherine Englebrecht, a member of the Tea Party, and True The Vote! President Donald Trump is going to drain the swamp!

moldyoldy

You use two fake news sources to prove your point, that is funny.

moldyoldy

If this was a big scandal, you should be able to show some real news reports.

buffalo Loc: Texas

And your showing your moonbatty ignorant ass as usual, smellyoldass.

Notes: The Intercept is an online publication launched in February 2014 by First Look Media, the news organization created and funded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. The editors are Betsy Reed, Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill (Wikipedia). The Intercept produces well sourced quality journalism. They have a left-center bias in reporting and tend to use loaded, sensational words.

http://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-intercept/

WND is a decidedly right bias site that does carry some center and slightly left content. This is through linking to reports from less biased sources. For example: The story regarding Black students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The actual article is a fairly well balanced look at the issue by Todd Richmond of the Associated Press. The lead-in line WND used for the article was somewhat misleading, however. By using white supremacists in quotes it seems to imply that it isn’t a factor in the students demands when it is. Where the real bias on the site is evident is on the editorial pages and staff generated articles. Although mostly factual, the wording is heavily weighted and misleading. Carrying some moderate content is not enough, balanced against the editorial stance, to rate WND anything other than right bias. It did prevent them from being rated Questionable or worse though (D. Kelley).

http://mediabiasfactcheck.com/world-net-daily-wnd/

There is a difference in "FAKE NEWS" and "BIASED NEWS".

(Natural News) This past year will be remembered for a lot of things, including the year that so-called fake news helped one unlikely presidential candidate win the White House.

For weeks since President Donald J. Trump vanquished two-time presidential loser Hillary Clinton, a narrative emerged that “fake news,” as in propaganda, fed to hundreds of alternative media news sites by Russian intelligence swayed voters away from Clinton and into Trump’s corner.

No proof has ever emerged substantiating this tin-foil-hat conspiracy, mind you.

Nevertheless, this narrative has been expanded and made “official,” so to speak. President Obama has used it, in part, as his justification for sanctioning Russian intelligence and diplomatic missions and operatives. http://thenationalsentinel.com/2016/12/29/obama-does-it-levels-sanctions-against-russia-for-hacking-u-s-election/ And it has been used by Congress and the president as justification to create a de facto Ministry of Truth within the U.S. government,http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-24/obama-signs-countering-disinformation-and-propaganda-act-law, ostensibly to identify and counteract the “fake news” and propaganda coming from foreign governments (a long-accepted intelligence/counterintelligence technique which happened all through the Cold War and remains in use today).

And who will disseminate the government’s version of what is supposedly ‘the truth’? You guessed it: The very same ‘mainstream’ media institutions and outlets that have been creating and distributing fake news for decades.

With that in mind, we bring you the 10 worst offenders of fake news in 2016:

1. ‘The Russians did it’: The Washington Post— The paper mainstreamed the narrative that “The Russians Hacked the Election” with a shoddy piece of journalism, http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/russian-propaganda-effort-helped-spread-fake-news-during-election-experts-say/2016/11/24/793903b6-8a40-4ca9-b712-716af66098fe_story.html?utm_term=.c5dac19ff043 , reporting that Russian intelligence gave hundreds of alternative media sites (including ours) “propaganda” in the form of “news” aimed at helping Trump and hurting Clinton [playing her role, Clinton would later blame it on some grudge Russian President Vladimir Putin held against her].

The sole “source” for the story was some shady, never-before-heard-of group of “experts” in various fields who claimed their “analysis” concluded without a doubt that Russian counterintelligence had meddled in our election. So flimsy and fake was the story that the Post eventually had to publish a sort-of retraction, admitting it’s story about fake Russian news was itself fake. http://freedom.news/2016-12-08-washington-post-almost-admits-its-fake-news-story-about-fake-news-was-fake.html

What is even more pathetic is the Post’s attempt to deflect from its own journalistic failings by lashing out at social media giants like Facebook…for publishing fake news (which, of course, included those fake stories from the Post). In a post-election rant, the paper’s own editorial board laughably pointed fingers at social media for allowing stories to be published that no doubt hurt Clinton’s chances of victory but which were nonetheless truthful and full of unassailable details. The Post however, as we’ve demonstrated, is a purveyor of fake news.

Here's the full article:

http://www.naturalnews.com/2017-01-20-the-10-biggest-purveyors-of-fake-news-in-2016-cnn-washington-post-msnbc-forbes-and-more.html

No proof has EVER been offered to prove the dems (bitch clinton's) claim that the Russians hacked the DNC and Podesta's emails.

More importantly, why has the content of those "leaked, not hacked" emails been ignored by the corrupt to the core mainstream media monkeys that have been proven to have a BIAS in favor of bitch clinton? Oh...wait...I just answered my own question...

http://usuncut.com/politics/leaked-email-clinton-collaborating-dnc/

moldyoldy

Every real news site has reported that Russia hacked the DNC, and Podesta.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/russia-election-hack_us_58aa6654e4b07602ad55f562

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/politics/russia-hack-election-dnc.html

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/12/politics/russian-hack-donald-trump-2016-election/index.html

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a49791/russian-dnc-emails-hacked/

CounterRevolutionary

This post is in 2 parts

PART 1: citing 3.2 million illegal aliens using filing IRS tax returns - (and potentially very eligible to vote with fake IDs)

Tax loophole costs billions
http://www.wthr.com/article/tax-loophole-costs-billions
Published: 04/26/12 09:55 pm EDT.
Updated: 12/02/16 08:06 am EST.

Millions of illegal immigrants are getting a bigger tax refund than you. Eyewitness News shows a massive tax loophole that provides billions of dollars in tax credits to undocumented workers and, in many cases, people who have never stepped foot in the United States. And you are paying for it!

Note: See all follow-up stories here.

INDIANAPOLIS - Inside his central Indiana office, a longtime tax consultant sits at his desk, shaking his head in disbelief.

"There is not a doubt in my mind there's huge fraud taking place here," he said, slowly flipping through the pages of a tax return.

The tax preparer does not want you to know his name for fear of reprisal, but he does want you to know about a nationwide problem with a huge price tag.

He came to 13 Investigates to blow the whistle.

"We're talking about a multi-billion dollar fraud scheme here that's taking place and no one is talking about it," he said. The scheme involves illegal immigrants -- illegal immigrants who are filing tax returns.

How it works
The Internal Revenue Service says everyone who is employed in the United States – even those who are working here illegally – must report income and pay taxes. Of course, undocumented workers are not supposed to have a social security number. So for them to pay taxes, the IRS created what's called an ITIN, an individual taxpayer identification number. A 9-digit ITIN number issued by the IRS provides both resident and nonresident aliens with a unique identification number that allows them to file tax returns.

While that may have seemed like a good idea, it's now backfiring in a big way.

Each spring, at tax preparation offices all across the nation, many illegal immigrants are now eagerly filing tax returns to take advantage of a tax loophole, using their ITIN numbers to get huge refunds from the IRS.

The loophole is called the Additional Child Tax Credit. It's a fully-refundable credit of up to $1000 per child, and it's meant to help working families who have children living at home.

But 13 Investigates has found many undocumented workers are claiming the tax credit for kids who live in Mexico – lots of kids in Mexico.

"We've seen sometimes 10 or 12 dependents, most times nieces and nephews, on these tax forms," the whistleblower told Eyewitness News. "The more you put on there, the more you get back."

The whistleblower has thousands of examples, and he brought some of them to 13 Investigates. While identifying information such as names and addresses on the tax returns was redacted, it was still clear that the tax filers had received large tax refunds after claiming additional child tax credits for many dependents.

"Here's a return right here: we've got a $10,3000 refund for nine nieces and nephews," he said, pointing to the words "niece" and "nephew" listed on the tax forms nine separate times.

"We're getting an $11,000 refund on this tax return. There's seven nieces and nephews," he said, pointing to another set of documents. "I can bring out stacks and stacks. It's just so easy it's ridiculous."

20 kids = $30,000

WTHR spoke to several undocumented workers who confirmed it is easy.

They all agreed to talk with WTHR investigative reporter Bob Segall and a translator as long as WTHR agreed not to reveal their identity.

One of the workers, who was interviewed at his home in southern Indiana, admitted his address was used this year to file tax returns by four other undocumented workers who don't even live there. Those four workers claimed 20 children live inside the one residence and, as a result, the IRS sent the illegal immigrants tax refunds totaling $29,608.

13 Investigates saw only one little girl who lives at that address (a small mobile home). We wondered about the 20 kids claimed as tax deductions?

"They don't live here," said the undocumented worker. "The other kids are in their country of origin, which is Mexico."

He later explained none of the 20 children have ever visited the United States – let alone lived here.

So why should undocumented workers receive tax credits for children living in a foreign country, which is a violation of IRS tax rules?

"If the opportunity is there and they can give it to me, why not take advantage of it?" the worker said.

Other undocumented workers in Indiana told 13 Investigates the same thing. Their families are collecting tax refunds for children who do not live in this country. Several of the workers told WTHR they were told it was legal for them to claim the tax credit for a child who does not live in the United States.

CounterRevolutionary

PART 2:
Tax loophole costs billions
http://www.wthr.com/article/tax-loophole-costs-billions
Published: 04/26/12 09:55 pm EDT.
Updated: 12/02/16 08:06 am EST.

IRS was repeatedly warned

"The magnitude of the problem has grown exponentially," said Russell George, the United States Department of Treasury's Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA).

And he says the IRS has known about the problem for years.

George has repeatedly warned the IRS that additional child tax credits are being abused by undocumented workers. In 2009, his office released an audit report that showed ITIN tax filers received about $1 billion in additional child tax credits. Last year, the inspector general released a new report showing the problem now costs American tax payers more than $4.2 billion.

"Keep in mind, we're talking $4 billion per year," he said. "It's very troubling."

What George finds even more troubling is the IRS has not taken action despite multiple warnings from the inspector general.

"Millions of people are seeking this tax credit who, we believe, are not entitled to it," said the inspector general. "We have made recommendations to [IRS] as to how they could address this, and they have not taken sufficient action in our view to solve the problem."

Other information obtained from the TIGTA audits include:

· Claims for additional child tax credits by ITIN filers have skyrocketed during the past decade, from $161 million in 2001 to $4.2 billion in tax year 2010.

· Undocumented workers filed 3.02 million tax returns in 2010. 72% of those returns (2.18 million) claimed the additional child tax credit.

· In 2010, the IRS owed undocumented workers more in claimed additional child tax credits than it collected from those workers in taxes.

Agency responds – sort of

What does the IRS have to say about all this?

The agency sent WTHR a statement, defending its policy of paying tax credits to illegal immigrants.

"The law has been clear for over a decade that eligibility for these credits does not depend on work authorization status or the type of taxpayer identification number used. Any suggestion that the IRS shouldn't be paying out these credits under current law to ITIN holders is simply incorrect. The IRS administers the law impartially and applies it as it is written," the statement said.

George disagrees with that position and believes the IRS should be doing more to prevent undocumented workers from getting billions in US tax dollars.

"The IRS is not doing something as simple as requesting sufficient documentation from people seeking this credit," he said. "Once the money goes out the door, it's nearly impossible for the IRS to get it back."

Over the past month, WTHR has tried to ask the IRS more questions about its efforts to prevent abuse involving additional child tax credits.

Despite repeated phone calls, e-mails and a visit to IRS headquarters in Washington, the agency said none of its 100,000 employees had time to meet with 13 Investigates for an interview. An IRS spokeswoman said all staff were too busy because of the tax filing deadline in mid-April.

Apparently, the IRS doesn't have time to respond to some tax preparers, either.

Last year, our whistleblower noticed dozens of undocumented workers had used phony documents and false income to claim tax credits. He reported all of it to the IRS.

"These were fraudulent, 100% fraudulent tax returns, but I got no response; absolutely none. We never heard a thing," he said. "To me, it's clear the IRS is letting this happen."

The IRS tells WTHR it can do nothing to change the current system unless it gets permission from Congress. In other words, according to the IRS, closing the loophole would require lawmakers to pass a new law specifically excluding illegal immigrants from claiming additional child tax credits.

The big questions now: Is Congress willing to do that?

Full statement to WTHR from the Internal Revenue Service

The law has been clear for over a decade that eligibility for these credits does not depend on work authorization status or the type of taxpayer identification number used. Any suggestion that the IRS shouldn't be paying out these credits under current law to ITIN holders is simply incorrect. The IRS administers the law impartially and applies it as it is written. If the law were changed, the IRS would change its programs accordingly. The IRS disagrees with TIGTA's recommendation on requiring additional documentation to verify child credit claims. As TIGTA acknowledges in this report, the IRS does not currently have the legal authority to verify and disallow the Child Tax Credit and the Additional Child Tax Credit during return processing simply because of the lack of documentation. The IRS has procedures in place specifically for the evaluation of questionable credit claims early in the processing stream and prior to issuance of a refund. The IRS continues to work to refine and improve our processes.

jack sequim wa Loc: Blanchard, Idaho

Common, you know liberal /leftist moldy is incapable of understanding the truth, facts or empirical evidence. Need I say more

CounterRevolutionary

True the Vote lead by Catherine Engelbretch is matching the IRS's list of ITIN illegal alien names and addresses with state voter registration names and addresses to discover how many illegal aliens are illegally voting. According to this report by WTHR on 4/26/2012 above, there are 3.2 million illegal aliens using this IRS tax fraud system. This was back in 2012. How many more since Obama's open borders is unknown.

Tax loophole costs billions
http://www.wthr.com/article/tax-loophole-costs-billions
Published: 04/26/12 09:55 pm EDT.
Updated: 12/02/16 08:06 am EST.

Moldy Oldy, this information about illegal aliens filing fraudulent tax returns has been all over the news for years and years. Congressional hearings have been held. Nothing is done. The IRS wants the money pouring into SS and Medicare, no matter how they get it.

We must amend motor - voter applications, or scrap the entire system as a national security threat.
We must end this Individual Taxpayers Identity Number nonsense for illegal aliens.

The IRS would not even follow the recommendations of the Treasury Inspector General !!!!!

CounterRevolutionary

Jack, you state that Moldy Oldy "is incapable of understanding the truth, facts or empirical evidence"

Where is the Main Stream Media on reporting these statistics on illegal aliens today when they reported it yesterday, now discrediting Trump's claims? Damn these wretched liars. How the hell do we break up this lying crooked monopoly of the press, TV and Air?

Honestly, let's start a new fad: throw your TV out the window.

moldyoldy

Having done taxes in the past, it is legal to get an ITIN for a dependent in Mexico, but the paperwork required is pretty substantial. It is submitted to the IRS examiners, and often rejected. Any return with that man ITIN would not get by the IRS or any tax preparer.

moldyoldy

buffalo Loc: Texas

Come on, fungus, not one shred of evidence cited by any of these "fake news" purveyors, just baseless accusations. Even a moonbat judge would toss this out of court for lack of evidence. If the deep state of the intelligence community, full of obammy holdovers trying top play gotcha with Trump and hijack his Presidency, had any real evidence of Russian hacking of DNC and Podesta emails, it would have already been made public. But not one shred because there is NONE! The DNC and Podesta's emails were leaked by Seth Rich and he was murdered.

moldyoldy

Rich was so low on the totem pole that I doubt if anybody knew his name.

CounterRevolutionary

That article I posted above by WTHR exposed the IRS rejecting the instructions and recommendations by the Treasury Inspector General to clean up the ITIN number grants and fraud in listing dependent children offshore.

Tax loophole costs billions
http://www.wthr.com/article/tax-loophole-costs-billions
Published: 04/26/12 09:55 pm EDT.
Updated: 12/02/16 08:06 am EST.