House Committee Throws Out IRS Plans To Privatize Tax Collection
Source: by Glen Shapiro, LawAndTax-News.com, New York, 08 June 2006
An amendment put forward by Rep. Steve Rothman (D-NJ) designed to prevent the IRS from putting in place measures to outsource tax collection on Tuesday garnered bipartisan support. ...........
"With personal identity theft on the rise, it makes no sense to hand over 2.65 million taxpayer files to private debt collection companies. I am proud that my colleagues joined me in saying 'no' to President Bush's harebrained idea to create a new, privatized tax collection system. It would cost taxpayers more while protecting their personal financial information less," Rothman announced following the vote.