Internal Revenue Service's Private Tax Debt Collection Initiative : Current Status, Legislative Proposals, and Issues for Congress.

Discusses IRS current authority, under P.L. 108-357, the American Jobs Creation Act (AJCA) of 2004, to contract with private debt collection agencies (PCAs) to assist in the collection of certain individual tax debt. Examines scope of IRS's authority to use PCAs under the AJCA, summarizes imple...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Public contracts. Tax evasion. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Discusses IRS current authority, under P.L. 108-357, the American Jobs Creation Act (AJCA) of 2004, to contract with private debt collection agencies (PCAs) to assist in the collection of certain individual tax debt. Examines scope of IRS's authority to use PCAs under the AJCA, summarizes implementation of private collection initiative derived from this authority, and reviews pro/con arguments for this initiative. Discusses legislation in the 109th and 110th Congresses to restrict or repeal IRS authority to hire PCAs for tax collection and issues for Congress.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.