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OUTGOING IRS COMMISSIONER WORRIED ABOUT BUDGET CUTS
- The outgoing commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service is worried that continued budget cuts at the agency may force cutbacks or cancellations of certain programs, including an initiative where unpaid debts are being placed with outside collection agencies. The information technology hardware and software used at the IRS is becoming obsolete and the IRS conducted the fewest amount of audits in 14 years in 2016.
MORE THAN 150 COMMENTS FILED OVER CREDIT UNION TCPA PETITION
- More than 150 comments were filed with the Federal Communications Commission over a proposal that would exempt credit unions from having to comply with certain provisions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. While it appears that nobody directly related to the ARM industry has filed a comment so far, a number of financial services institutions and organizations have weighed in, as have consumer advocacy groups. Interested parties had until yesterday to submit their comments.
BOOK EXAMINES THE CRIMINALIZATION OF BEING POOR
- The criminalization of being poor is examined in an excerpt of a book written by a law professor from Georgetown University, who argues that the current set of criminal justice rules unfairly target low-income individuals. About 10 million people living in America, which represents two-thirds of current and former offenders, owe $50 billion in unpaid court fines and fees. Those individuals will be “hounded” by collectors and new prosecutions until their deaths, the professor argues.
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