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GAO-08-101R 1 (2007-11-16)

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       Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548





   November 16, 2007

   The Honorable Joseph I. Lieberman
   Chairman
   The Honorable Susan M. Collins
   Ranking Member
   Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
   United States Senate

   The Honorable Carl Levin
   Chairman
   The Honorable Norm Coleman
   Ranking Member
   Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
   Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
   United States Senate

   Subject: Tax Compliance: Some Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Disaster Assistance
           Recipients Have Unpaid Federal Taxes

   Since February 2004, we have issued a series of reports detailing how some
   organizations and individuals, including defense, civilian agency, and General Services
   Administration (GSA) contractors; tax-exempt (not-for-profit) organizations; and
   Medicare physicians, abused the federal tax system at the same time they were doing
   business with or receiving benefits from the federal government.' While we performed
   this work it came to our attention that some organizations and individuals that were
   recipients of federal grants and other direct assistance were also abusing the tax system.
   Thus, you asked us to perform additional work and report specifically on organizations
   and individuals that abuse the federal tax system at the same time they receive federal
   grants or other similar types of federal assistance, known as direct payments for
   specified use (direct assistance) programs:

   Based on your request, we completed a forensic audit and related investigations of
   unpaid federal taxes owed by recipients of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's
   (FEMA) Individuals and Households Program (IHP) following hurricanes Katrina and
   'See related GAO products at the end of this report.
   'As classified by GSA's Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, published annually pursuant to 31 U.S.C. §
   6104 and OMB Circular No. A-89, Federal Domestic Assistance Program Information (Aug. 17, 1984).


GAO-08-101R Tax Compliance

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