
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, April 4, 1994                   TAG: 9404040129
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-10   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: NEW YORK                                LENGTH: Short

POLL: TWO-THIRDS BELIEVE IRS ABUSES ITS POWER

About two in three Americans believe the Internal Revenue Service abuses its power, but only 6 percent fear an audit this year, according to a new poll.

The poll was taken by Gallup for CNBC, a cable TV business and financial network, which is reporting the results this week.

CNBC said the poll found a link between skepticism about the IRS and a widespread belief that government wastes a significant portion of tax dollars.

The belief that the IRS mostly or sometimes abuses its power was held by 64 percent of all those polled, and by 77 percent of those who think the government wastes more than 50 cents of every federal tax dollar.

- Associated Press

by CNB