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TERM. HE SPOKE AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB ABOUT THE AGENCY'S MODERNISM -- MODERNIZATION EFFORTS AND IMPROVED CUSTOMER SERVICE RECORD. [CAPTIONING PERFORMED...
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OUR PROFESSIONS -- A PROGRAMMING SUCH AS THESE WHILE FOSTERING A FREE PRESS WORLDWIDE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, VISIT OUR...
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DONE THIS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. RIGHT AS WE ROUND UP FILING SEASON AT THE END, AS WE APPROACH APRIL 15, APRIL 17 THIS YEAR, SPRING IS A GREAT TIME...
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| 00:35:23 |
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VAST MAJORITY OF TAX PREPARERS ARE HONEST, ETHICAL, HARD-WORKING, AND PROVIDE A GREAT
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SERVICE TO BOTH THE TAX SYSTEM AND THE COUNTRY. THE PROBLEM IS THERE ARE UNSCRUPULOUS PREPARERS OUT THERE WHO BRING DOWN THE REPUTATION OF ALL THE GREAT...
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| 00:36:42 |
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PREPARERS? >> WE DID IT IN A DELIBERATE AND PUBLIC WAY, AND SO FIRST WITHOUT HAVING ANY
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| 00:37:00 |
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PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS ABOUT SHOULD WE DO SOMETHING, SHOULD WE NOT DO SOMETHING, AND IF SO, WHAT SHOULD WE DO, WE WENT AND HELD PUBLIC HEARINGS ACROSS...
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| 00:39:29 |
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THE LATEST NUMBERS ARE 65% WERE USING PAID PREPARERS, AND THE REST WERE USING SOFTWARE. THAT MOVES BACK AND FORTH, AND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW
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| 00:39:43 |
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PEOPLE THAT USE BOTH. IT IS A MOVING TARGET. >> WITH GASOLINE PRICES ON A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS UPWARD SPIRAL, WILL THE IRS INCREASE THE MILEAGE RATE?...
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| 00:40:00 |
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WE HAVE A FORMULA THAT LOOKS
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| 00:40:06 |
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AT WHAT THE STANDARD MILEAGE RATE SHOULD BE, AND THIS IS THE REIMBURSABLE RATE. WE LOOK AT CHANGES AND FLUCTUATIONS, AND WE DO IT ONCE A YEAR. OCCASIONALLY,...
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| 00:40:38 |
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THE FASTEST GROWING FINANCIAL CRIME IN THIS COUNTRY IS IDENTITY THEFT, WHICH IS SOMEONE
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| 00:40:45 |
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STEALING A PURSE OR WALLET, GETTING HOLD OF A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND A CREDIT CARD, AND USING THAT FOR MISCHIEF. UNFORTUNATELY, SOME PEOPLE WHO DO...
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| 00:43:21 |
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HOW BIG A PROBLEM WILL THIS BE? >> ONE OF THE JOBS HE TAKES SERIOUSLY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT AS AMERICANS WRESTLE WITH
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| 00:43:35 |
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A COMPLEX TAX CODE THAT IT IS A SEAMLESS EXPERIENCE FOR THEM. WE SPEAK FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TRY TO GET THEIR TAXES FILED WELL. UNFORTUNATELY, CONGRESS...
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| 00:45:38 |
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THE STATISTICS ARE
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| 00:45:40 |
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GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION NOW, BUT I AM AN OPTIMIST. THERE HAVE BEEN 3,000 CHANGES TO THE TAX CODE SINCE 2000, SO WE HAVE A VERY COMPLEX TAX CODE....
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| 00:46:44 |
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THOSE EFFECTS WOULD BE? >> LOOK, THE MORE IT DEDUCTION IS AN IMPORTANT DETECTION. WE HAVE THE MORTGAGE DEDUCTION IS AN IMPORTANT DETECTION.
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| 00:46:53 |
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WE HAVE AN ECONOMY ON THE REBOUND AND THE HOUSING MARKET THAT IS LOOKING BETTER THAN IT DID BEFORE, SO I WOULD NOT SPECULATE ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT...
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| 00:47:19 |
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IS TAXPAYER INFORMATION FROM HACKERS WHO HAVE GAINED ACCESS TO FILES OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS? >> LET ME CLARIFY MY COMMENT. MY COMMENTS WERE...
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| 00:47:33 |
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AND WE ARE OPERATING ON SOME OLD TECHNOLOGY, AND THIS YEAR WE HAD A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN UPGRADING THE CORE PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY WE NEED TO UPGRADE....
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| 00:48:53 |
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ENCOURAGE E-FILING? >> WE MOVED FROM 16% TO 77% THE FILING IN THE LAST 15 YEARS. THAT NUMBER IS CONTINUING TO GO UP. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT
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| 00:49:09 |
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TO FILE ON PAPER, AND WE STILL PROVIDE THAT OPTION. LAST YEAR WE ACTUALLY MANDATED PAID PREPARERS HAD TO FILE ELECTRONICALLY IF THEY FILED MORE THAN...
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| 00:50:31 |
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WHY DID YOU NOT REVOKE THEIR STATUS? THESE SPECIFIC CASES. NOT ADDRESSING ANY SPECIFIC NONPROFIT OR ANY DETAILED INFORMATION SOMEONE HAS OR DOES NOT...
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| 00:51:59 |
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YOU DOING TO CONTINUED SATISFACTION? >> THE QUESTION ASKS ABOUT THE OVERALL FILING EXPERIENCE, AND IT CONTINUES TO MOVE UP. THE IRS HAS A UBIQUITOUS
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| 00:52:16 |
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BRAND, AND OFF AS PEOPLE THINK ABOUT ENFORCEMENT. WHEN YOU GET A QUESTION ABOUT THE IRS, THEY HAVE A KNEE-JERK REACTION -- NO. WHAT WE ARE DOING IS...
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| 00:53:30 |
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IT IS A GREAT QUESTION, AND ONE OF THE PATHWAYS TO CITIZENSHIP THAT PEOPLE
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| 00:53:40 |
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BELIEVE IS A GOOD ONE IS IF YOU ARE NOT TAXES. OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE IF YOU WORK IN THIS COUNTRY AND YOU HAVE A TAX OBLIGATION THAT YOU FILE A TAX...
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| 00:55:56 |
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SEASON. ALEC BALDWIN WILL ALSO BE HERE. THAT EVENT IS SOLD OUT. APRIL 24 WE HAVE KEN SALAZAR FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT...
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| 00:56:30 |
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GOVERNMENT TAKES A LOOK AT YOUR RETURN. MY RETURNS HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY VETTED, AND I HAVE A PREPARER WHO DOES MY TAX RETURNS. >> HOW ABOUT A ROUND...
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| 00:56:52 |
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I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR ORGANIZING TODAY'S EVENTS. HERE IS A REMINDER THAT YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.