WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama ordered federal agencies on Wednesday to take measures to prevent companies that are delinquent in paying taxes from obtaining new government contracts.
Obama also instructed the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to review the accuracy of companies' reports on their tax obligations to be sure they are truthful.
"We need to be sure that when a company says it's paying taxes, that company is, in fact, paying taxes," Obama said.
link: Obama targets "tax cheats" seeking government work - Yahoo! News
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He has to instruct the IRS to check tax returns? I thought that's what the IRS freakin' did. Telling them to do it is stupid. Like telling the FBI to enforce the law.
OK, that was a bad example.
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