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Advocates: Bill Requiring IRS To Use Private Debt Collectors Would Harm Consumers

by Ashley Kieler, Consumerist

It makes sense that the federal government would want to collect owed taxes and a proposed law would require the IRS to push that duty off to private debt collectors. However, a history of abusive practices by debt collectors and the failure of similar programs in the past has consumer advocates warning that the provision will only hurt consumers and the government in the long run. Read More ›