Auditors find problems in tax collection system

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A legislative audit of Comptroller William Donald Schaefer?s tax collection operations found problems with “potential fraudulent use of Social Security numbers,” lack of documentation for tax credits, inadequate review of tax returns and too many employees being given unlimited computer access to sensitive tax information.

However, the Dec. 15 report of Legislative Auditor Bruce Myers to the Joint Audit Committee noted that the comptroller?s staff agreed with many of the findings and had already begun to take a number of corrective actions.

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