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GAO: Improper payments and the tax gap remain among the largest drains on federal resources
Summary
Comptroller General Gene Dodaro told the Oversight Committee that improper payments continue at very high levels and that the federal tax gap remains large; members pressed for legislative fixes including extending statutes of limitation and using data matches to stop payments to decedents.
Comptroller General Gene Dodaro told the House Oversight Committee that improper payments and the federal tax gap account for large recurring losses of federal funds and need sustained congressional and administrative action.
"The last six years has been over a hundred and $50,000,000,000 every year in improper payments," Dodaro said in his opening remarks, describing improper payments as payments that "should not have been made or was made in the wrong amount." He added GAO's recent work shows many programs either do not report full improper payment estimates or do not have enough auditing of managed-care and…
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