[Page A1.] I.R.S. Overstated Fraud Cases Among Poor Taxpayers Tax refunds sought by 1.6 million poor Americans over the last five years were frozen and their returns labeled fraudulent, although the vast majority appear to have done nothing wrong, the Internal Revenue Service's taxpayer advocate told Congress.
For non-respondents or where questionnaires are returned labelled " not at this address", the office will check participants' addresses by contacting infants' grandparents and, if necessary, the ONS.
Shoppers would fetch return labels from a retailer's Web site, instead of telephoning or using return labels often sent in packages.
Many companies include a return label at the Web site that can be printed out.
"You can print up the return labels at home," he said.
Some merchants include a prepaid return label but subtract the price from your refund, and others charge a restocking fee as high as 30 percent for consumer electronics.
One of the most common conveniences adopted by online retailers to streamline the return process is enclosing a return label or address on the packing slip, a practice followed by companies like Amazon, Lands Endd (www.landsend.com) and Eddie Bauer (www.eddiebauer.com).
Conveniences like prepaid return labels, the ability to track a return's status by e-mail and the integration of online retailers and their offline counterparts are now for the most part standard.
Jadkowski, a British-born, divorced former showgirl whose colleagues have nicknamed her Hurricane, arranged to have a UPS return label printed and a replacement pair, size 5½ EE, shipped free, overnight.
The report, which takes a comprehensive look at how record labels have changed in the past decade, states: * The artist/label relationship has changed – artists demand more from labels, and in return labels take a share of profits made from merchandise, touring and sponsorship and not just the number of CDs sold in 360º record deals.
