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Billions of Dollars in Potentially Erroneous Education Credits Continue to Be Claimed for...

The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should coordinate with the Department of Education to determine the feasibility of using Department of Education data, including but not limited to the Postsecondary Education Participants System database, to verify the eligibility of educational institutions shown on tax returns for the purposes of claiming education credits. Coordination efforts should include an assessment of the reliability and sufficiency of the data available.