Internal Revenue Service: Issues Affecting IRS' Private Debt Collection Pilot

GGD-97-129R Published: Jul 18, 1997. Publicly Released: Jul 18, 1997.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO summarized the key issues GAO discussed during its May 13, 1997, briefing on the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) pilot program, which was established to test the use of private collection companies to assist IRS in collecting delinquent federal taxes, focusing on key issues affecting the implementation of IRS' pilot program.

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