IRS selects three firms to participate in delinquent tax effort.To assist the IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. in collecting back taxes, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (AJCA AJCA American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (US) AJCA American Jersey Cattle Association AJCA Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators AJCA All Japan Cooks Association AJCA Alabama Junior Cattlemen’s Association ) authorized the Service to hire private firms to collect Federal tax debts. As part of the first phase of this initiative, on March 9, 2006 the IRS awarded contracts to three firms: the CBE CBE Commander of the Order of the British Empire (a Brit. title) CBE n abbr (= Companion of (the Order of) the British Empire) → título de nobleza CBE n abbr (= Group Inc.; Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol ; and Pioneer Credit Recovery, Inc. It expects to assign uncollected liabilities to these firms beginning this summer. The AJCA includes several stringent limits, ensuring that the private firms will adhere to the same taxpayer protection and privacy rules that IRS employees work under. Also, private firms will not be allowed to subcontract the work. The IRS has developed its own guidelines for these firms, enumerated This term is often used in law as equivalent to mentioned specifically, designated, or expressly named or granted; as in speaking of enumerated governmental powers, items of property, or articles in a tariff schedule. in IRS Fact Sheet FS-2006-18. These safeguards include background checks on all firm personnel associated with the project; mandatory initial and ongoing IRS-directed training of company personnel; guidelines for document and data destruction; and secured facilities and equipment that meet IRS security requirements. Private firms will not be authorized to take enforcement actions such as liens, levies or seizures. In addition, they will not be allowed to work on technical issues, such as offers in compromise, bankruptcies, hardship issues or litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . Rather, they will be assigned "relatively simple cases," in which the taxpayer has not disputed a liability. The firms will contact the taxpayers to make payment arrangements. In the second phase of this project (scheduled for 2008), the IRS plans on contracting with up to 10 firms. |
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