Tax-Return Screening Inefficiency of the Internal Revenue Service: What can be done to Increase Compliance and Detection of Erroneously Claimed Educational Credits?
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Abstract
On January 31st, 2018, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a report examining the effectiveness of the agency specifically under the 2017 Tax Filing Season. The report is referenced as 2018-40-012. According to the report, during 2017 tax filing season, billions of dollars in potentially erroneous American Opportunity Tax Credits Continue to be issued. As noted in the TIGTA report, 1.2% of the returns filed during 2017 tax season contained an error and resulted in improper refunds due to American Opportunity Tax Credit error alone. This is a significant error on the part of the Internal Revenue Service that creates inefficiency and under-collection of revenue. This paper will identify possible solutions to the issue that could increase in the revenue as much as $2.8 billion on annual basis
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South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases (SAJBMC) is a peer-reviewed, tri-annual journal of Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida (India). The journal aims to provide a space for high-quality original research or analytical cases, evidence-based case studies, comparative studies on industry sectors, products, and practical applications of management concepts. The journal likes to publish problem-solving, decisional and applied types of cases. Such cases must have linkage with theory, at least one dilemma (also known as case issue) and a protagonist around whom the case issue will revolve. Publication of pure research, applied research and field studies with empirical data do not fall under the domain of SAJBMC. Fictitious cases are not welcome.