A while back, Angie Littwin asked some good questions about the wisdom of the IRS’s use of private debt collectors. According to a Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) (subscription required) news service, IRS Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olsen will recommend that Congress repeal the statutory for the IRS to use private debt collectors. An appropriations bill (H.R. 5576) already has passed the House with language that would prevent the IRS from using private debt collectors.
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Let’s hope that Congress has the sense to PASS that appropriations bill. People have enough problems with abusive debt collectors as it is without handing them the collection of overdue taxes ! The collection industry abuse is rampant, they thumb their noses at the FDCPA now.. does anyone believe that they will behave any differently because they’re collecting for the IRS ?? I would expect their behavior to get even worse !