States and cities are desperate for cash-so desperate they're turning to private debt collectors to go after delinquent taxpayers and other scoff-laws. The thinking is that it's cheaper to outsource the task of collecting unpaid utility bills, library fines, and the like to independent contractors than to hire more public employees. Turns out the opposite may be true.rnThat, anyway, was the conclusion of the IRS, which on Mar. 6 ended a four-year, $80 billion program to chase down tax deadbeats. "After a thorough review of the program, I have decided not to renew the contracts," says IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman, who plans to hire more than 1,000 tax collectors at the agency. "I believe this work is best done by IRS employees." Recent IRS studies have found that the program recouped far less than thernIRS could have collected on its own.
展开▼
机译：各州和各城市迫切需要现金，因此他们迫切希望私人收债员追逐拖欠的纳税人和其他sc视法律的人。这种想法是，将收取未付水电费，图书馆罚款等的任务外包给独立承包商要便宜得多，而不是雇用更多的公职人员。事实恰恰相反。不管怎么说，这是国税局的结论，该国国税局于3月6日结束了一项为期四年，耗资800亿美元的减税措施。美国国税局局长道格拉斯·舒尔曼（Douglas H. Shulman）说：“在对该计划进行彻底审查之后，我决定不续签合同。”他计划在该机构雇用1,000多名收税员。 “我相信这项工作最好由IRS员工来完成。”美国国税局（IRS）的最新研究发现，该计划的收益远远少于ThenIRS自己可以收集的收益。
展开▼
