[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 152 (Tuesday, November 4, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9871]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                  THE TAXPAYER PROTECTION ACT OF 1997

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, a copy of an internal IRS document sent to 
my office clearly shows that the IRS is using a quota system in 
evaluating employee performance, despite the fact that using quotas was 
made illegal 9 years ago. This memo clearly shows the handwritten 
comments of an IRS supervisor stating that the monthly total collected 
by this employee is only 13 percent of the expected or required total. 
When confronted with this evidence, the IRS took a play right out of 
the plausible denial handbook of the White House; oh, yes, they said, 
we are not using quotas, these are just goals.
  Plausible denial or goals, whatever the name is or that the IRS 
assigns to this practice, it must be stopped. I have introduced the 
Taxpayer Protection Act of 1997, which will once and for all end quotas 
for the IRS. IRS agents should be determining the correct amount of tax 
dollars owed, not trying to inflate their numbers so that they may be 
considered for a promotion.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in a fight to once and for all end 
the use of quotas.

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