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Attacking the tax gap.


At a recent FTB FTB Franchise Tax Board (California; they collect income and sales tax)
FTB Family Tax Benefit (Australian welfare assistance)
FTB First Time Buyer (housing) 
 symposium on California's tax gap, state controller Steve Westly Steven Paul Westly (born August 27, 1957, in Arcadia, California) is an American businessman and politician. He was the State Controller of California from 2003 to 2007 and was one of the top two candidates in the Democratic primary for Governor of California in the 2006 election.  and other FTB members outlined specific initiatives to reduce the gap, including:

* Enhanced detection of tax preparers filing fraudulent tax returns;

* Audit staff augmentation AUGMENTATION, old English law. The name of a court erected by Henry VIII., which was invested with the power of determining suits and controversies relating to monasteries and abbey lands. ;

* Added information sources to identify nonfilers;

* Informant informant Historian Medtalk A person who provides a medical history  reward program; and

* Underground economy criminal investigations.

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Title Annotation:FTB News
Publication:California CPA
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U9CA
Date:Jul 1, 2005
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