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rfranklin

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11. Granted but the Republicans are making wild-assed claims to bolster their politicking...

Reply to 4th law of robotics (Reply #10)

Sat Jul 7, 2012, 03:58 PM

Jul 2012

When a constituent wrote a letter to U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., in support of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, his office replied with a three-page defense of his opposition to the law that the recipient shared with us.

One argument concerned new tax credits, taxes and a host of other rule changes for businesses and individuals that will require new technology, administrators and paperwork to implement. This boosts the Internal Revenue Service’s workload.

"In order to fully enforce the provisions of this bill, the Internal Revenue Service estimates that it will be required to hire an additional 16,500 agents at a cost of $10 billion to the taxpayer," the Chambliss reply said.

PLITIFACT says FALSE!

http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2011/may/04/saxby-chambliss/us-sen-chambliss-says-16500-irs-agents-needed-heal/

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The tax man cometh to police you on health care [View all] PoliticAverse Jul 2012 OP

And if we had a tax-funded single payer system Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #1

Right wing talking points Gman Jul 2012 #2

Did you read the article ? PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #3

Your reading comprehension is poor...AP does not say that the IRS said that... rfranklin Jul 2012 #5

Yup, because no new IRS agents are needed to tell if taxpayers have insurance! Zalatix Jul 2012 #16

And if you fixate on this you are part of the right wing propaganda push... rfranklin Jul 2012 #23

If the fine for not having insurance is a tax 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #10

Granted but the Republicans are making wild-assed claims to bolster their politicking... rfranklin Jul 2012 #11

Sounds like it's creating jobs already. n/t hughee99 Jul 2012 #4

what if you do not pay income taxes? dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #6

The tax credit is 'refundable', meaning you can receive it as a payment from the IRS even if PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #12

But you would have to file a tax form first, I expect? dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #14

Actually apparently you can get the credit through an application to HHS and the credit will be paid PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #18

You are a marvelous font of information..thanks! dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #21

The proposed regulations indicate that you will eventually have to file an official return to PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #22

hannity thanks you for spreading his talking points. dionysus Jul 2012 #7

Did Hannity really call the 16,500 additional auditor # "a made-up number with no basis in fact," ? PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #19

"The law, however, severely limits the ability of the IRS to collect the penalties." Avalux Jul 2012 #8

The IRS can deduct the penalty from any tax refund you receive. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #13

Yes, but that doesn't require tons of extra people, as would enforcement. n/t Avalux Jul 2012 #20

"includes the largest set of tax law changes in more than 20 years," FLyellowdog Jul 2012 #9

Just curious zoechen Jul 2012 #17

Hey whats the problem? zoechen Jul 2012 #15