The IRS Fraud
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Source: WSJ
The IRS Makes Another House Call
The House GOP wants to know about the case of the talented 'Bill Haus.'
By The Editorial Board | June 16, 2023
PHOTO: BILL CLARK/ZUMA PRESS
Democrats and the media are deriding the House GOP's probe into abuses by government agencies. But we're glad Republicans are on the case, in particular regarding the Internal Revenue Service.
In a Friday letter to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan demands answers about a bizarre and disturbing IRS house call. The letter recounts that on April 25 a Marion, Ohio, taxpayer received a visit from a man who claimed his name was "Bill Haus" and worked in the IRS criminal division.
Mr. Haus said he needed to talk to her about an estate for which she was the fiduciary. She let him in despite having received no prior IRS communication. Mr. Haus claimed she had not properly filled out estate forms and owed the IRS "a substantial amount." Only when the taxpayer presented proof of paying all taxes on the estate did the agent reveal that his visit wasn't about the estate at all. It was about several supposed delinquent tax returns related to the decedent of the estate.
The letter says the taxpayer called her attorney, who insisted Mr. Haus leave the house, only to be told by Mr. Haus: "I am an IRS agent, I can be at and go into anyone’s house at any time I want to be." Mr. Haus finally left, but not before threatening to freeze the taxpayer's assets and put a lien on her house if she didn't satisfy the balance in a week. Fearing a scam, she called the local police, who ran Mr. Haus’s license plate to verify his identity.
When an officer called Mr. Haus, Mr. Haus identified himself as an IRS agent but said Haus wasn't his real name. He had used an alias. The officer, also suspecting a scam, warned that if he returned to the taxpayer's home he'd be arrested. Mr. Haus then filed a complaint against the Marion police officer with the Treasury Department inspector general.
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