If you haven't received your tax refund yet, your return might be one of the nearly ten thousand unprocessed filings that the Internal Revenue Service is currently working on. On a positive note, you.
expiration. does he stand to lose on the issue? that s a great point. i think he does stand to lose. if they repeal all of this and we see a major attack on american soil or major casualties of americans, i think that can be drawn back to this program. i think you absolutely could see somebody like rand paul finding himself in a very very tough situation as well as president obama for not doing more to kind of to put his weight behind selling the old patriot act opposed to the usa freedom act. got to go. charlie, thank you. we ll see you soon. hackers are getting access they say to the personal information of 100,000 americans. trying to get the tax refund money. well we are now learning about who could be behind all this. you know about the taliban 5? traded to get the release of bowe bergdahl?
time for news by the numbers. first, $316,050. that s how much democrats collected in campaign donations from the koch brothers in the last eight years. isn t that interesting? this despite democrats constant attack against those same koch brothers. next, $1.2 million. that s how much the president s pick for health and human services secretary sylvia burwell made at her zero salary job at wal-mart. the money comes from her as a company vice president. and last, $760 million. that s how much unclaimed cash the irs is ready to keep. it s tax refund money from 2010 returns that have not been reclaimed. $760 million. one year ago today, terrorists bombed the boston
taxes and charge customers bogus and unconscionably high fees. unfortunately, according to advocates, what mo money taxes was up to is not uncommon. more than half of all tax preparers for this tax season are not subject to any licensing or training regulations. they just have to register for an identification number. the ease of getting into the business combined with the more than $300 billion in anticipated tax refund money has made tax preparation ripe for predatory practices that target low income communities, especially individuals who qualify for the earned income tax credit. joining me now to explain why this happens and what we can do about it is steven black, director of the center for ethics and social responsibility at the university of alabama. he s also the founder and president of impact alabama, which trains students to provide free tax preparation services for low income families. good morning, steven. good morning. thank you for having me. absolutely. so start wit
shortfalls caused by the recession, of course, which was triggered by the fraud and the financial industry. in fact, right here in new york, for example, $500 million in tax refund money may be delayed until the state begins to rebound from a $9 billion deficit, which means it doesn t even have a timeline. is that legal? well, it s legal because the state will do it, pass you know, i feel a little betwixt and between on this one. you know you expect this refund, we know you re paying your bills, but we re not sending it to you. j.p., if taxpayers weren t worked up already, this will send them over the moon. this is really called stealing. it s a no-interest loan to the government from the taxpayer. and it s to pay for programs that were just political favors. i think the same accountants who did the 105s, are behind this. the government s doing it, so