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Implement Auto Filing
Amend the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for mailing pre-filled income tax returns to assist certain taxpayers who may be eligible for the earned income tax credit in completing their tax returns.
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Treasury Consumers Bill of Rights
Note: a hyperlinked version of this text is available at http://bit.ly/TCBoR
We, the taxpayers of the United States of America, have the right to be free from government waste and abuse. Inherent in that right is:
1. The right to prevent our taxes from being used to pay banks to refrain from lending commercial paper and to small businesses. Section 128 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization... more »
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Internal Revenue Service
Modernize the IRS to allow individuals who have grievances about how an IRS case is handled to make the process less paper-intensive and more due-process oriented. The overwhelming perception that the current system is a virtually "closed process" where extagent circumstances cannot be discussed prior to full compliance, a formal hearing delays handling enormously and case resolutions are inflexible.
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Make Treasury's internal culture more agile and innovative
Do you think it's important for Treasury to make its internal culture more agile and innovative? If so, you can vote for this idea or a leave a comment supporting this idea. And if you've got a better idea, submit your own!
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Treasury should learn lessons from innovative organizations
Do you think it's important for Treasury to learn lessons from innovative organizations outside of government? If so, you can vote for this idea or a leave a comment supporting this idea. And if you've got a better idea, submit your own!
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Bonds to specifically fund revenue generating infrastructure
Because the funds are invested only in projects that generate revenue, the money spent is recovered plus interest.
The focus of the paper is on rebuilding... more »
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Stop discriminating against Americans abroad
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Internal Revenue Service - Telephone Hold Time Customer Service
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OpenTreasury v2.0: A Next Gen Opensource/OpenSocial Portal
A pilot project to build a next-gen Dept of Treasury portal for the Federal Community Cloud. The idea is to build a suite of opensocial portals, one at each Federal Agency, based on The Open Stack that will enable communication with all opensocial partners.
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Innovate Banking / Loaning / Bonding
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Repeal Federal Income Taxes
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Tax returns and payments
It would be great if people could file their taxes via telephone call and most important make payments without having third parties involved.
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Take on private educational lending
The deregulation bonanza of the last two presidential administrations has created... more »
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