IRS plans changes trims audits and tightens tax reviews
IRS Commissioner Roscoe L. Egger Jr said next year more returns will face corrections through targeted checks rather than full audits. The plan aims faster taxpayer contact, clearer classifier reviews, and a nationwide ad push for 1983 hot lines, while fringe-benefit taxation remains unresolved by Congress.
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IRS Chief Says Tax System Not Too Complex to Handle
Egger, head of the 90,000 employee IRS since Reagan took office, defends the tax code as not so complex it cannot be managed. He notes audits were delayed and questions unanswered, cites 36 million calls last year, and predicts more calls in 1983 due to publicity. He blames growing rebellion against government for tax cheating, not law complexity.
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Poster child learns he never had cystic fibrosis
Rodney Brown once labeled the national poster child for cystic fibrosis learns at age 13 he does not have the disease. Doctors in Johns Hopkins and NIH tests over five months confirm the misdiagnosis, shifting focus to asthma like condition and prompting calls for better testing and research.
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Rockwell alleged to divert shuttle funds to B 1 bomber probe
The Chicago Tribune reports Congress and the Pentagon probe Rockwell International for shifting costs from the space shuttle program to the B 1 bomber. The inquiry seeks links to cost overruns and low shuttle estimates while a 1.5 million settlement ended a Justice Department case overbilling taxpayers on the shuttle contract.
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