First, IRS Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson has just released her annual report to Congress. In it, she echoes Koskinen's line that despite an IRS budget that grew 64 percent from 1997 to 2012, the IRS can't find any way to absorb modest cuts imposed by Top IRS officials specifically targeted tea party groups and misled … Read more
Fox News Sunday was the only Sunday show that discussed the latest revelations in the IRS' targeting of conservative groups. As a result, viewers were treated to host Chris Wallace grilling Congressman Sander Levin (D-MI) In competitive job markets like Silicon Valley, companies are doing everything they can to entice the best and brightest — … Read more
Usually, the Internal Revenue Service is the one getting paid this time of year, but Uncle Sam will be lining someone else's pockets this tax season because of its attachment to Windows XP. In case you hadn't heard, support There's no sign the same thing has happened at the IRS. But with so many people … Read more
A federal-worker union is fighting bipartisan plans that would require the Treasury Department to contract with private collection agencies to pursue tax debts that the Internal Revenue Service is not addressing. The National Treasury Employees Union MC Hammer says the IRS is shamefully out to get him belatedly demanding penalties on taxes he fully paid … Read more
WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service is prepared to rewrite a proposed rule regulating the political activities of non-profit groups to address complaints from the right and left that it goes too far, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said Monday. Fox News Sunday was the only Sunday show that discussed the latest revelations in the IRS' … Read more
The outrageous abuses of power by Obama's weaponized IRS have now been written into law. That means it is no longer wrong for the agency to target groups suspected of conservative outlooks according to the principle, In case you were wondering if President Obama remains outraged about the IRS abuse of his political opponents, well, … Read more
Fox News contributor George Will said Monday the IRS targeting of conservative groups was one of the three biggest political scandals in the last 40 years. Watergate and Iran-Contra were the other two major scandals, according to Will. His comments An IRS oversight office says the tax agency is up to the health care law's … Read more
There's no mystery about why the three letters IRS strike fear into every heart. As far back as 1819, nearly a century before the income tax was imposed by Congress, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall observed that the power to tax is the power Bitcoin users want to pay their taxes come April, but … Read more
Definitely a concern for anyone that's significantly profited off Bitcoin during 2013, the Internal Revenue Service has yet to weigh in on the classification of virtual currencies for the tax season. Definitely a concern for anyone that's significantly profited off Bitcoin during 2013, the Internal Revenue Service has yet to weigh in on the classification … Read more
Hollywood conservative group 'Friends of Abe' targeted by IRS. Posted at 1:02 am on January 24, 2014 by Twitchy Staff | View Comments. No one knows the names of Friends of Abe in Hollywood. Maybe 4 or 5 the rest have to be Mentioned by the National Journal this week, anyone that's curious how to … Read more