After countless resources wasted by the IRS and the University of California system, it looks like some sanity has finally set in.
Besides the fact that the IRS should not have enforced this law (much less choose another mostly governmental agency as its first (and only?) target), the sad thing is that there was some Congressional movement last year when the settlement between the two parties was first reached:
I guess elections, eroding economy and the wars were all higher priority.
Of course, the victim in this case is the citizens of the United States (and the state of CA gets the double whammy) as we have all contributed to the IRS's audit process as well as the settlement/change in policy (which is looking like it is going to get changed back) by the UC system.
I wonder how many hours were wasted in auditing, lawyering, administrating and...IT professional hours changing the systems for the new policy implementation...
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After countless resources wasted by the IRS and the University of California system, it looks like some sanity has finally set in.
Besides the fact that the IRS should not have enforced this law (much less choose another mostly governmental agency as its first (and only?) target), the sad thing is that there was some Congressional movement last year when the settlement between the two parties was first reached:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008078765_celltaxes29.html
I guess elections, eroding economy and the wars were all higher priority.
Of course, the victim in this case is the citizens of the United States (and the state of CA gets the double whammy) as we have all contributed to the IRS's audit process as well as the settlement/change in policy (which is looking like it is going to get changed back) by the UC system.
http://controller.berkeley.edu/policies/cellphone.htm
I wonder how many hours were wasted in auditing, lawyering, administrating and...IT professional hours changing the systems for the new policy implementation...