{"id":31267,"date":"2012-03-09T19:00:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T19:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/wsj_irs_efforts_to_ferret_out_tax_cheats_results_in_slower_refunds_for_many\/"},"modified":"2012-03-09T19:00:50","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T19:00:50","slug":"wsj_irs_efforts_to_ferret_out_tax_cheats_results_in_slower_refunds_for_many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=31267","title":{"rendered":"(WSJ) IRS efforts to ferret out tax cheats results in slower refunds for many ordinary tax filers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The agency says it has strengthened the electronic system used to screen returns for potentially fraudulent refund claims by thieves who often use other people&#8217;s Social Security numbers or other identifying information. When the computer detects reason to suspect fraud, it refers a tax return for investigation, holding up the refund for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>This and other computer glitches have slowed refunds and led to widespread unhappiness, particularly among low- and moderate-income people, who often receive significant cash refunds thanks to a range of tax credits and often rely on that money to pay bills.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052970203961204577269811630533858.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The agency says it has strengthened the electronic system used to screen returns for potentially fraudulent refund claims by thieves who often use other people&#8217;s Social Security numbers or other identifying information. When the computer detects reason to suspect fraud,<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=31267\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,40,149,168,114,95,587,584,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-economics-politics","category-economy","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-law-legal-issues","category-science-technology","category-taxes","category-the-u-s-government","category-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}