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...bargaining. But that avenue was, of course, no longer available to the President by his own terms. On the other hand, some taxmen point out that in the case of high-income delinquent taxpayers, the IRS frequently assesses them a civil fraud penalty?50% of the taxes owed?and lets them prove in court if they can that the penalty is unwarranted...
Displaying a sure political instinct, Simon has been extremely sensitive to reports of domestic price-gouging. When truck drivers last month blockaded highways to protest, among other things, allegedly illegal price boosts on diesel fuel, Simon ordered Internal Revenue Service agents to "sweep" truck stops in 16 states. The taxmen found 1,222 of 4,689 truck stops violating regulations. Most were ordered to roll back prices and make refunds to truckers...
...like crocuses in March, make a killing helping taxpayers cheat the Government, then fade away on April 16. Now the Internal Revenue Service has opened a nationwide campaign of investigations, arrests and prosecutions to root out and discredit these fly-by-nights. At the same time, the taxmen have launched a sweet-talking publicity campaign urging people who have minor tax problems to seek help in preparing their returns from IRS agents themselves-a campaign that outside taxmen can hardly believe anyone would take seriously. Cracks one specialist: "It's kind of like asking the canary to visit...
...clamping a claim on him. According to the Internal Revenue Service, the practically peerless dancer owes $30,642.70 in back taxes for 1963. Rudi says he used his New York City bank account to deposit funds from all over the world, not necessarily money earned in the U.S. The taxmen haven't been much impressed, so Rudi is trying a new step. He says IRS overcharged him in social security deductions. And he wants $213 back...
...collector is everywhere levying piasters to pay for the war. Even in neutral or government-controlled areas, Allied pilots have learned that a line of trucks stopped on a road below usually means that the V.C. have set up an impromptu but effective tollbooth. With the piasters that their taxmen collect, well-dressed V.C. agents in Saigon buy medicines, cement, cloth and food for their troops...