Attacking the tax gap.

At a recent FTB symposium on California's tax gap, state controller Steve Westly and other FTB members outlined specific initiatives to reduce the gap, including:

* Enhanced detection of tax preparers filing fraudulent tax returns;

* Audit staff augmentation;

* Added information sources to identify nonfilers;

* Informant reward program; and

* Underground economy criminal investigations.

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