4 Page 2-Thursday, March 18, 1982-The Michigan Daily Tax frauds up as IRS audits fall to new low IN BRIEF WASHINGTON (AP) - An increase in tax fraud and unintentional errors may be costing the Treasury more than $70 billion a year, an all-time high, but the odds that cheaters will be caught in an IRS audit will fall to a record low this year, government officials told Congress yesterday. The General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, com- plained before a House subcommittee that enforcement efforts by the Internal Revenue Service are not keeping up with the increase in number of income tax returns filed each year and with a noticeable rise in cheating. PRELIMINARY findings from a new IRS study made available to Congress estimates that lost Treasury revenues from non-compliance with the tax laws now totals $72 billion, up from $27 billion in 1976. However, the number of individual returns audited by the IRS for cheating or honest mistakes will fall from 26 of every 1,000 in 1976, to 16 of every 1,000 during the current fiscal year, which began last Oct. 1, the IRS acknowledged. The lost tax revenue is nearly as large as the record budget deficits of $100 billion a year, that Reagan ad- ministration officials predict for 1982 and 1983. "THERE IS a trend toward contempt and abuse of the system which seriously undermines the basic concept of voluntary compliance on which the system depends," William Anderson, director of the GAO's general gover- nment division, told a House Gover- nment Operations subcommittee. "Extensive evidence is available to show that non-compliance among both corporate and individualtaxpayers is a serious problem and is getting worse," Anderson said. He speculated that rising taxes may be a major factor. "As the tax bite in- creases, some people are venting their anger by being a little more dishonest on their tax form," he said. Anderson referred to surveys in- dicating that a fourth of all taxpayers will admit to some cheating if their con- fessions are not reported to the IRS. "Maybe there's a larger percentage of people today with a touch of larceny in them," he said. The GAO, noting that the number of tax forms filed annually is rising faster than the number of IRS agents and auditors, urged an increase in the agency's enforcement work force. An- derson said IRS figures show that hiring an additional 5,000 agents would increase revenues by $600 million af- ter deducting the costs for the added personnel. Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International reports OPEC may lower oil prices NEW YORK- The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries could be forced to lower its base price by about $6 a barrel in face of weak demand and the global oil glut, analysts said yesterday. Sources said the 13-nation cartel will discuss a 2 million barrel-a-day production cut at its emergency meeting in Vienna tomorrow to counteract the surplus that has reduced OPEC's share of world oil trade and prompted non-cartel members to slash their crude prices. "This cut will not be sufficient to cope with the oil glut," an oil source in Vienna said. World oil production is running about 2.5 million barrels a day above demand, which has been depressed by recession and destocking in the oil- consuming nations. Shuttle countdown starts today CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.- Officials ordered the countdown for the space shuttle's third test flight to begin on schedule today, even though the prime landing runways in the California desert are too soaked with rain to support an emergency touchdown. Thus, if Columbia is launched on schedule Monday, another desert runway at White Sands, N.M., would be used for a landing should the mission be for- ced to abort. It was not known at what point Edwards would be available for a touch- down, or for how long White Sands would be the landing zone if astronauts Jack Lousma and Gordon Fullerton are launched Monday. Despite the unavailability of Edwards on launch day, Gen. James Abrahamson, NASA associate administrator for space transportation, directed Launch Director George Page to start the countdown at 4 a.m. EST today, aiming for a liftoff at 10 a.m. Monday. Work at the launch pad has been extremely smooth, with crews running several hours ahead of schedule as the countdown start neared. Leftists ambush Salvadoran national guard vehicles SAN VICENTE, El Salvador- Leftist guerrillas ambushed a national guard truck and burned three other vehicles yesterday in an area of San Vicente province that the government claimed to have cleared over the weekend. Elsewhere, unknown gunmen shot a prominent surgeon to death in Santa Ana, the nation's second-largest city. The bodies of five people killed in political violence were found in San Salvador, judicial authorities said, and another 10 civilians were reported dead in fighting Monday in three suburbs of the capital. These and other scattered incidents of violence were reported as the coun- try prepared for a March 28 constituent assembly election. Meanwhile, the Christian Democrat Party yesterday unanimously ap- proved U.S.-backed junta President Jose Napoleon Duarte as provisional president if the party should win the elections. Floods force more evacuations Rivers rising toward record flood levels forced massive evacuations yesterday in the Midwest, where more than 10,000 people were already homeless and others marooned in neighborhoods surrounded by water. About 7,900 evacuees are residents of the three-river city of Fort Wayne, Ind., where'President Reagan donned rubber boots Tuesday and briefly joined a sandbag brigade. The president praised the volunteer workers as "the spirit of America," but has not yet offered federal aid. With the worst believed yet to come in Fort Wayne, a city of 170,000 in the northeastern corner of the state, crews were sandbagging eight miles of dikes and officials opened seven more° Red Crossemergency shelters, bringing the total to 11. The flooding caused by days of rain and melting snow - the legacy of a har- sh winter - also vas spreading to other Indiana rivers, Tippecanoe, Yellow, Kankakee and Elkhart. 0 Daily Photo by DEBKAH LEWIS Flood on the tracks As the Huron River overflowed this week, it engulfed one of the railroad tracks near Fullmr Road. The hardy trains still use the track, however. Housing officials step up dorm security measures (Continued from Page 1) slapping wrists in a residence hall, for God's sake." Doria last month sent a memorandum to Markley residents outlining several recent crimes in the dorm, and urging students to keep their doors locked, even while they are in the room. The Markley director also said he plans to remind residents of the danger thrugh a series of posters posted throughout the dorm. ALAN LEVY, building director of West Quad, plans to install key punch locks on the doors of women's restrooms to discourage peeping toms and other in- truders. Housing authorities emphasize that'residents need to follow several basic precautions- such as keeping I can't go around slapping wrists in a residence hall, for God's sake.' -Kevin Doria Markley building director their doors locked - which they continue to overlook. They also should immediately call security officers if they suspect that a crime is in progress. Most arrests in dorms occur when a student alerts a residence hall security officer, according to Dave Foulke, coordinator of the University's security ser- vices. Residents also should familiarize themselves with who belongs in the dorm and who does not, Foulke said, adding that students shouldn't let their guests wander through the dorms alone. . A woman in Markley Hall suffered second degree sexual assault in a stairway by men assumed by authorities to be guests of a resident. Residents "must realize the serious implications of this 'open door' policy, and be ready and willing to deal with them," said West Quad's Levy. 4 ARE YOU SAFE? EXPRESS YOUR CONCERN Open Forum on Security Representatives from City Hall, Campus Security, U 0 M Housing Security, Affirmative Action Office, Ann Arbor Police Dept., and the Women's Crisis Center March 18th Thursday Stockwell Dorm 7:00pm Main Lounge MICHIGAN M m { for the spring and /or summer? PLACE YOUR AD IN UMMER UBLET UPPLEMENT NAME Is 1 I ADDRESS I I PHONE 1 - I I I 1 I 1 1 I I 1 I I I 1 I I I I I 1 (ACTUAL SIZE OF AD) easetype legibly in the space provided, as you would like the copy to appear. --------- mm= m m I-r.. Car stolen from Bursley lot Police yesterday reported a 1978 maroon Chevette was stolen Monday night frm the Bursley parking lot on Duffield Rd. There are no suspects, they said. Local market robbed Thieves last night broke into the Quik Pik market, marking off with $160 in cash and $119 in lottery tickets. After prying open the front door of the market, at 2300 Ellsworth, they forced the safe open, according to police. Fraternity burglaries continue Burglars Sunday night broke into Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, at 1415 Cambridge. Police said the burglars forced a door to gain entry, and took $600 in cash. Earlier last week, thieves took a gold crest emblem valued at $1,000, from Theta Chi fraternity, at 1345 Washtenaw. A break-in of the Delta Delta Delta sorority, at 718 Tappan, also was at- tempted late Sunday night. The in- truder pried open a door, setting off the house fire alarm. The intruder then fled, according to police. Flood warning issued for Ann Arbor The National Weather Bureau yesterday issued a flood warning for Ann Arbor, when the Huron River rose to a depth of 15 feet. The Ann Arbor Utilities Department is monitoring the river and, according to Harvey Mieske, an employee of the department they expect no problem with flooding. "It looks like the river crested at 16.8 feet Tuesday night at 8 p.m.," Mieske said. Correction A Police Note in the March 16, 1982 issue of the Michigan Daily (Police to hold auction) inaccurately reported the date of the auction. The correct date is Sunday, March 31. &tie 3idjtguu 19afIu Vol. XCII, No. 131 Thursday, March 18, 1982 The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at The Univer- sity of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan,.49109. Sub- scription rates: $12 September through April (2 semesters); $13 by mail out- side Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Saturday mor- nings. Subscription rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor; $7 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. 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