Posting on his blog , University of Cincinnati law professor Paul L. Caron has discovered that the wonderful government folks who want to run our health care system are error prone in other endeavors. IRS Has 70% Error Rate in Issuance of Taxpayer ID Numbers, Resulting in Fraudulent Tax RefundsThe Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration yesterday released Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITIN) Are Being Issued Without Sufficient Supporting Documentation (2010-40-005): (snip)TIGTA reviewed a sample of ITIN applications and found that almost 70% contained significant errors and/or raised concerns that should have prevented the issuance of an ITIN. The IRS estimates that it has issued more than 14 million ITINs as of December 2008. And what are these ITINs as opposed to Social Security numbers?ITINs are intended to provide tax identification numbers to resident and nonresident alien individuals who may have U.S. tax reporting or filing obligations but do not...(Read Full Post)