IRS has 107,000 open cases of people who…

IRS has 107,000 open cases of people who filed for the $8,000 refundable tax credit for being a first time home buyer, including illegal aliens who never bought a house and a 4 year old
NY Times Story

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2 Responses to IRS has 107,000 open cases of people who…

  1. rosegrower says:

    Hmmm – government gives away “free money” and discover that people lie to get it? Wow, who woulda thunk it!

  2. Art Stone says:

    The Inspector General made the point that fraud is going to always result with a refundable tax credit – if it just reduced people’s taxes to zero, there would be no motivation. Many of the cases were people who claimed to be “first time” home buyers who had recently been claiming a deduction for interest on a mortgage. The IRS plans to add a test to spot that condition when people file for the credit.

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