B-201751: Feb 17, 1981

SEC. 484 (1976) UNTIL OPERATION IS CONCLUDED OR MONEY IS NO LONGER NEEDED FOR USE AS EVIDENCE OF CRIME. HAS REQUESTED OUR CONCURRENCE IN HIS OPINION THAT DEPOSIT IN THE TREASURY AS MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS OF MONEY RECEIVED IN AN ONGOING UNDERCOVER OPERATION CONDUCTED BY THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) MAY BE DELAYED UNTIL THE OPERATION IS CONCLUDED AND THE...

B-201751: Feb 17, 1981

The Assistant Secretary for Administration, Department of the Treasury, requested the concurrence of GAO in his opinion that the deposit in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts of money received in an ongoing undercover operation conducted by the Internal Revenue Service may be delayed until the money is no longer needed for use as evidence of a crime. The U.S. Code requires only that the deposi...