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On the recordJune 27, 2012
While the IRS estimates that it stopped over $6.5 billion dollars in fraudulent refunds in 2010 alone, it also estimates that it still paid out approximately $5.2 billion that same year to fraudulent filers.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas

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Gohmert presents statistics on IRS fraud prevention and losses.

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