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Article: The Boston Globe Consumer Beat Column.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- February 15, 2004
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By Bruce Mohl, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 15--STATE'S NEW TECHNOLOGY GATHERS INFORMATION TO FIND TAX CHEATS: If you get the urge to fudge a bit on your taxes this year because you think, "Who's going to notice?" think again. The state Revenue Department is watching. The agency has launched a technology offensive with the goal of pulling together stray bits of information about every Massachusetts taxpayer, searching for clues that would indicate who isn't paying the taxes they owe.
State officials dismiss the notion they are playing Big Brother, but the potential is rather Orwellian. In theory, said Revenue Department ...