Sentence examples for a specific taxpayer from inspiring English sources

Under federal law, the I.R.S. cannot comment on a specific taxpayer without that taxpayer's permission.

"The information has to be specifically requested," said Carlisle, "so if I'm the United States getting information under a TIEA, I'm looking at a specific taxpayer and I have some reason to assume there's a question under my laws.

Currently the I.R.S. uses four-decade-old software that requires searching through every taxpayer file to find information on any specific taxpayer or partnership, a cumbersome and time-consuming process.

(While the administration denies the reported figure, it will not confirm any specific taxpayer cost of the president's Asian adventure).

He would increase government spending substantially more than Mr. Bush, would cut taxes less, and would aim more of his tax cuts to specific taxpayer behavior -- giving parents a credit to pay for their children's after-school programs, for example.

But if Mr. Bartlett wants to be intellectually consistent, he should also decry the enormous range of business tax deductions for specific taxpayer behavior, which cost the government many times the amount that Mr. Gore's proposals would.

Bruce Bartlett (Op-Ed, Aug. 22) worries that Al Gore's preference for tying tax cuts to specific taxpayer behavior is little different from direct spending; he then contrasts that proposal to George W. Bush's across-the-board cuts, a difference from which he deduces an ultimately lower cost for the Bush plan.

With such records, the tax agency is able to link those accounts with specific taxpayer records, lifting the "guarantee of secrecy" promised by promoters of these schemes, said IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti Charles Rossotti in a statement.

Federal law bars almost any release of information by the I.R.S. about specific taxpayers.

"Contrary to popular perception, negative gearing is not a specific tax concession for taxpayers with investment properties — it is simply the operation of Australia's tax system allowing deductions for expenses incurred in producing assessable income," it says.

At the root of the bitter semantic back-and-forth is a simple truth: every tax expenditure — and there are scores of them, used to encourage employers to provide their workers with health care, to make houses more energy-efficient, to aid timber cutters and much more — benefits a certain group of taxpayers or a specific industry.