IRS, Room For Improvement

There's room for improvement in an Internal Revenue Service program designed to investigate tax fraud. That's according to a new report released by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. It said that the Collection Fraud Referral Program, which is a joint venture between IRS' Fraud and Collection Policy offices, successfully developed criminal fraud referrals. But it also said many officers were deterred from investigating because of the complexity of fraud cases and the additional work required. It also said officers don't have enough. IRS has agreed to implement the recommendations in the report