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FGMSD-80-68 1 (1980-07-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabauq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RELEASED RESTRICTED -Not to be released outside the General ccount.rg Cfeco c on the bas!s of opecific 112 by the Cffice of Coingrcssonal Relations. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20146 B-199382 JULY 17, 1980 The Honorable Jim Sasser i Chairman, Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch Committee on Appropriations 112878 United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: [Qregon's Offset Program for Collecting Delinquent Debts Has Been Highly Effectiv§1(FGMSD-80-68) Your letter of October 24, 1979, asked us to evaluate Oregon's program for collecting uncontested delinquent debts by keeping State tax refunds as offsets. You were interested in knowing the success of this program and. its applicability to the Federal Government. Oregon's offset program has been very successful in col- lecting delinquent debts. In 1979 alone, over $2.4 million in delinquent debts that most likely would have been lost to the State were collected by offset. The State spent only about $200,000 to collect this amount. Oregon has collected significant amounts of money that would otherwise be uncollected while at the same time pro- tecting the rights of the debtors. Only acknowledged debts of an undisputed amount are subject to offset. Strict con- trols have been implemented to ensure that (1) the debtor has every opportunity to establish that the debt is invalid and (2) tax refunds are not arbitrarily offset. The Oregon program is similar to a Federal offset program we recommended in our March 9, 1979, report The Government Can Collect Many Delinquent Debts By Keeping Federal Tax Re- funds As Offsets (FGMSD-79-19). In that report we proposed that, on a test basis, agencies refer to the Internal Revenue Service for offset those debts which the agencies have been unable to collect through normal collection procedures. The test program would include provisions to ensure that only undisputed debts were offset and to fully protect the debtor's right to due process. The Internal Revenue Service was unable (901335)

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