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"…Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but nothing in this world is certain but death and taxes." Benjamin Franklin 22 April 1, 2005 to September 30, 2005
Protect the Integrity of Tax Administration T he overall mission of TIGTA’s Office of Investigations (OI) is to help protect the ability of the IRS to collect revenue for the Federal Government. To do this, we conduct investigations and proactive investigative initiatives to ensure the integrity of IRS employees, contractors, and other tax professionals; to ensure IRS employee and infrastructure security; and to protect the IRS against external attempts to corrupt tax administration. OI’s Primary Duties • Investigate allegations of criminal violations that impact Federal tax administration, and serious administrative misconduct by IRS employees; • Conduct proactive investigative initiatives to detect criminal and administrative misconduct in the administration of IRS programs; • Operate a national complaint center, including a hotline and Web site, to process complaints of fraud, waste, abuse and misconduct involving IRS employees and programs; • Operate a Criminal Intelligence Program to manage and coordinate threat information that could impact the security of IRS employees or its infrastructure; and, • Investigate assaults and threats made against IRS employees, facilities, and information systems. TIGTA’s statutory responsibility includes not only the protection and detection of fraud, waste and abuse within the IRS, but also includes responsibility for the protection of the integrity of tax administration. In recent years, the IRS has increasingly relied upon contractor support within all facets of its operation. With this change, schemes to defraud the IRS have evolved. TIGTA has responded to this challenge by placing a greater emphasis on the following activities: • investigating fraud involving IRS procurements; and, • conducting integrity and fraud awareness presentations for IRS employees and others, such as tax practitioners and community groups. Recognizing the challenges of protecting Federal tax administration in today’s modern environment, OI has three divisions dedicated to the technical support of TIGTA’s investigative mission. They are: Strategic Enforcement, Forensic Science Laboratory, and Technical and Firearms Support. The performance of these divisions is featured throughout this chapter of our semiannual report. April 1, 2005 to September 30, 2005 23
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