Sentences with phrase «agencies spend taxpayer»

The suits, ENTIRELY frivolous, represented an even BIGGER waste of taxpayer money than any of the IRS members» COMMONPLACE spending habits (serIously, government agencies spend taxpayer money — that's how the system works).

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In 1996, the US General Accounting Office estimated that a tax agency reconciliation system could reduce the time spent preparing tax returns by as much as 155 million hours a year for 51 million taxpayers and reduce the IRS's costs by up to $ 37 million annually.

Democratic lawmakers released a six - page letter detailing new allegations of «wasteful spending of taxpayer funds» by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.

To ensure that taxpayers and the vulnerable populations served by these agencies receive the maximum value for the funds paid, Governor Cuomo is proposing the following reforms beginning in 2012 - 13: • At least 85 percent of every public dollar will be spent on direct services, not administration.

The city Department of Investigation's probe of vehicle misuse at the agency, released in April, revealed that 21 senior - level DOC employees «routinely abused take - home vehicle privileges and cost City taxpayers thousands of dollars in wasted money spent on gas and tolls to cover personal trips.»

«For me, whenever a government agency or legislator or reporter wants to know where taxpayer money has been spent, I don't have a problem with any type of investigation or oversight.»

Ryan McMahon, the chairman of the county legislature said the county's industrial development agency will pay $ 787,500 for the site using their own fees so no taxpayer dollars are spent.

Turnbull announced new measures and an independent agency to manage and monitor work expenses and adjudicate all claims by the lawmakers, as well as ministers, «to ensure taxpayer funds are properly spent.»

Public authorities are not subject to the same oversight as state agencies, which allows for «backdoor spending,» or the spending of millions of taxpayer dollars without traditional checks and balances.

It's time to take a closer look at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a government agency that spends scads of taxpayer money to achieve what private industry might be able to do more profitably and efficiently.

The efforts of the task force will improve the services offered by state agencies, and spend taxpayer money more efficiently.

Canada Revenue Agency has spent years getting taxpayers to file their tax returns digitally (more than 80 % now do so) and to sign up for digital options to receive their tax refunds.

U.S. taxpayers help fund the IPCC, having contributed $ 10 million in 2015, [9] in addition to the $ 22 billion spent within federal agencies.

While it's not unusual for governments or agencies to issue warnings or try to educate the public on what regulators may consider risky investments, Polish financial authorities have taken it a step further, spending taxpayers» money on a smear campaign — trying to sway public opinion against crypto assets by paying social media influencers to attack them.