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Union fights push to hire private tax collectors
http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/Union-fights-push-to-hire-private-tax-collectors-5404089.phpUnion fights push to hire private tax collectors
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press | April 15, 2014 | Updated: April 15, 2014 2:23pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — A public employees union is fighting a bipartisan effort in Congress to force the Internal Revenue Service to hire private contractors to collect some delinquent taxes.
The IRS stopped using private tax collectors in 2009 after determining that agency employees could do a better job.
The National Treasury Employees Union said the program failed in the past and should not be forced on the IRS.
"We have been down this road before and the private companies failed on many levels," said NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley. "In 2009, the Treasury Department made a considered decision to stop contracting out the collection of taxes. Treasury continues to have the authority to use these companies but has chosen not to."
