Quotes by Mark Everson

“Were moving aggressively to reduce the tax gap, ... But no one should think we can totally eliminate the gap. That would take Draconian measures and make the government too intrusive. We have to strike the right balance.”

“Our goal is to get this money back in the hands of the people it belongs to,”

“Nobody wants to feel that you can get away with something if youre rich or a big corporation.”

“The Dirty Dozen is a reminder that tax scams can take many forms, ... Dont be fooled by false promises peddled by scam artists. Theyll take your money and leave you with a hefty tax bill.”

“[He indicated the step-up in audits is likely to continue.] We need to do more and continue to increase it, particularly on the big income area, ... But I dont think its necessarily the case that audits need to return to rates of 10 or more years ago.”

“[Because of problems the pilot program exposed,] were moving toward a position where we routinely look at compensation of executives when we conduct our audits of corporations, ... are going to pull the returns of key executives to determine whether the compensation has been correctly recorded.”

“People entered into these deals often at the behest of lawyers and accountants peddling flaky tax products, ... Were offering taxpayers a quick, quiet and cost-effective way to put these deals behind them.”

“Honest taxpayers expecting a refund deserve to be treated fairly.”

“We want people to get the refunds theyre entitled to. Taxpayers cant get a refund if they dont file a return.”

“As strange as it may seem, government at all levels does business with vendors who are delinquent on their taxes.”