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Many tax experts agree that the Internal Revenue Service often makes mistakes when it bills for additional taxes.
Report says IRS bills often wrong
A recent study reported that half the 36 million bills for taxes and penalties mailed last year contained errors.
The study, conducted by Money magazine, estimated that taxpayers paid at least $7 billion more than they owed. That amount is about 40 percent of the $15.3 billion the IRS collected.
IRS Commissioner Fred T. Goldberg Jr., said last week that the agency made some mitakes when it billed for additional taxes and penalties, but that the problem was not as serious as the study claimed.
By Chris Siron
Kenson staff writer
"That $15 billion, I think, is pretty much due and owing," he said.
"Sure, people pay money they may
Jo Hardesty, director of KU Legal Services for Students, said her office handled student complaints about IRS billing mistakes.
She said the difficulty in appealing IRS charges was that the burden rested on the taxpayer. The IRS assumes its numbers are correct unless an individual can prove otherwise.
Hardesty said appeals were made difficult by IRS bills that only summarized charges.
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"It's not that helpful because you don't know where you made the error," she said. "You might never feedback. It can be very frustrating."
tax circumstances to deal with IRS agents.
Hardesty said students could handle billing problems if they had an understanding of their tax situations. If a student used a tax preparation service during filing, he or she may not be familiar enough with his
not owe. We make mistakes."
Pat Duerksen of H&R Block, 738 New Hampshire St., said the IRS made a large number of billing mistakes. After receiving a bill, students should request an explanation from the IRS before deciding whether to fight the decision.
Pat Manuszk, IRS spokesman,
said that the IRS made billing mistakes often because of outdated computer technology.
She said the IRS usually corrects its mistakes soon after a person complained, but some appeals took time to resolve. As much written material could be provided to make it easier for the IRS to refine the taxes.
Hardesty said students should not put off or ignore IRS bills because tax problems could become complicated.
■ The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
Kansas Lottery pays for high-tech research
Bv Chris Siron
Kansan staff writer
Kansans may not realize it, but every time they buy a Kansas lottery ticket they are investing in high-technology enterprises, including research at the University of Kansas.
William Brundage, Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation president, said that in 1989 KTCE received about $5.5 million from the Kansas Lottery and more than $15 million in private and federal funds.
He said this money was invested in existing Kansas businesses, 10 new companies and high-technology research in the state.
KTEC, a non-profit organization, was established by the Kansas Legislature in 1987 to promote the use of new science by state businesses.
Janie Rutherford, KTEC marketing director, said the Senate had approved KTEC's requested budget of about $6 million for 1991. The budget is under consideration by the House.
KTEC contributes money to research facilities at selected Board of Regents schools, including KU's Higuchi Biosciences Centers of Excellence on West
Campus.
Elias Michaelis, director of the Higuchi Centers, said the centers' purpose was to explore technology that would foster biomedical and pharmaceutical industry in Kansas.
He said one of the centers' innovations was the design of a fluorescent tag for drug research. By marking drug molecules with the tag, a scientist can follow the path of trace amounts of a drug through the human body.
Charles Becker of Campbell-Becker Inc., 1321 Wakarus Drive, the company that administers KTEC money to new Kansas businesses, said some KTEC money had gone to Lawrence companies.
Becker said that a recent KTEC grant of $1,650 went to the SPM Group, 1601 W. 23rd St. This company is developing a method to convert used newspapers into stove fuel.
The grant will enable the company to test market and produce the product.
Konrad Ruckstuhl, chairman of SPM, said the company had patented high-pressure briqueting to make fireplace logs out of wood waste. It is the first time anyone has tried to recycle paper into a heating product.
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