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Congressional report harshly critical.


A recent House Government Operations This article aims to describe the financial expenditure associated with the operations and processes of world governments of all levels. Size of economic footprint

Main articles: Government ownership and Government spending
 Committee report states outright that the IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws.  is failing to do its job--that is, it is failing to collect revenue and preserve the integrity of the tax system. The report said the IRS's three main stumbling blocks stumĀ·bling block
n.
An obstacle or impediment.


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any obstacle that prevents something from taking place or progressing

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 are its huge accounts receivable accounts receivable n. the amounts of money due or owed to a business or professional by customers or clients. Generally, accounts receivable refers to the total amount due and is considered in calculating the value of a business or the business' problems in paying  backlog, an inadequate tax processing system and a lack of employee integrity.

These problems, the report says, are all due to flaws in the IRS's management and to outdated computer systems in "crisis." Efforts to modernize the computer systems never have gotten off the ground, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

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 the report, because of frequent leadership changes at the IRS and the Treasury Department.

Accounts receivable. The report said the IRS lacks the information necessary to collect the billions of dollars owed in back taxes. The IRS also "lacks an overall strategy" to combat the problem.

Employee integrity. The report claimed "a steady flow of complaints" from/RS employees and the public indicate "major [worker] integrity difficulties" still exist. However, it acknowledged the/RS had made progress in rectifying its employee ethics problems.

Note: A member of the Government Operations Committee who did not participate in preparing the report characterized it as full of contradictions.
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Title Annotation:of the IRS
Author:Wagenbrenner, Anne
Publication:Journal of Accountancy
Article Type:Brief Article
Date:Jan 1, 1993
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