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Repackaging the IRS: behind its new customer-friendly facade, the IRS remains riddled with corruption and committed to prosecuting its "war" against taxpayers.(TAXES)

The New American

| April 18, 2005 | Grigg, William Norman | COPYRIGHT 2005 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

"If we owe you money, we'd like to get it to you," announced Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Mark W. Everson late last November. "All you have to do is tell us where you are." Everson's winsome invitation came amid a sudden explosion of wire service reports around Thanksgiving describing the IRS's eagerness to deliver missing tax refund checks.

"More than 2,600 Arizonans are owed federal income tax refund checks, but the Internal Revenue Service can't deliver them," reported Arizona's East Valley Tribune on November 23. A report from Staten Island published on the same day garbed the tax collector in the mantle of the beloved St. Nick: "After making a list ...

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