IRS Hotline Misleads Taxpayers in Study Revealing Gaps
GAO test by investigators posing as taxpayers found IRS help center calls answered correctly 63 percent of 793 questions, with 15 percent complete but incorrect 22 percent wrong. First contact success 61 percent. five-call reach 87 percent. Compared with 1986 results, current accuracy and timeliness lag behind prior year and the earlier survey.
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IRS
GAO
Voters Set Mandates In Ottawa City Commission race
Incumbent Fred Heathman and challenger Dan Fogle led Ottawa City Commission election, with Heathman 1654 votes and Fogle 1638, followed by Marvin Calliham 1103. Turnout countywide 44.51 percent, Ottawa 57.5 percent. Heathman and Fogle favor studying the Department of Public Safety and hiring an independent consultant. Fogle proposes reallocation of sales tax for economic development and streets.
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Melissa Bauman
City Commission
Fred Heathman
Dan Fogle
Heathman
Fogle
Marvin Calliham
Richard Jackson
Tony Keim
W.D. Bemmels
Franklin County
Ottawa
Bemmels
Garfield School
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Department of Public Safety
Jay Bemis
Ottawa Board of Education
Jack
Linda Heiniger
Edie Derousseau
Rex Cummings
Jack Maxwell
Maxwell
Jack Patty
Jack Beauchamp
Jack Bushman
Bushman
Larry Maes
Almeda Edwards
Alice Jo DeFries
Cummings
Heiniger
Derousseau
Peg Armstrong
Kelli Beets
Debora Gamblian
Campaign Report Notice From County Attorney Barker
County Attorney Wendell Barker starts notifying individuals and groups to file campaign financial reports with the county clerk by December 31. He warns that failing to submit is a misdemeanor and requires itemized receipts expenditures and sources of all funds with purpose of each payment.
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Wendell Barker
Barker
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