TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roth,William V.
AU  - Nixon,William
TI  - The Power to Destroy
SN  - 0871137488
U1  - 352.440973 22
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New York
PB  - Atlantic Monthly Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Internal Revenue Service
KW  - Tax collection
KW  - Tax administration and procedure
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-282) and index; 1; Anatomy of an Investigation --; 2; When Things Are Worse than You Expect --; 3; Collections --; 4; The IRS vs. Small Business --; 5; Management --; 6; Management's Impact on Taxpayers --; 7; When Taxpayers Are Innocent --; 8; Criminal Investigations --; 9; Congressional Accountability --; 10; Protect Yourself
N2  - The Power to Destroy tells the behind-the-scenes story of the congressional investigation of the IRS, the steps that have been taken to curb its abuses of power, and Senator Roth's proposals for far-reaching changes that still need to be made. Along the way, Roth and Nixon vividly re-create the stories of the victims of the Internal Revenue Service using exclusive interviews with those who have been unjustly audited, foreclosed, prosecuted, and worse; With explosive new investigative material - including unreleased internal surveys from IRS employees across the nation - the authors show how corruption, mismanagement, perverse incentives, and negligence exist inside a culture that is as cloistered as it is powerful. The book concludes with an explanation of what you need to know about your rights under the new tax laws - and what to do if you are audited
ER  -