Congress can get Trump tax records, appeals court rules A federal appeals court is siding with Congress in a fight over former President Donald Trump's tax returns The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2022
Wealthy Americans escape tax hikes in bill but will face beefed-up IRS Wealthy Americans dodged getting hit by tax increases in the Democrats’ economic package, but they likely will face a much better-funded Internal Revenue Service equipped with new auditors and technology to uncover tax avoidance. Tribune News Service · Aug 5, 2022
Tougher IRS enforcement central to Dem economic package One of Washington’s favorite punching bags, the Internal Revenue Service, may finally get the resources it’s been asking Congress for if Democrats get their economic package focused on energy and health care over the finish line The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2022
StateHouse Holdings Reaches Agreement With IRS To Resolve Legacy Federal Tax Obligations StateHouse Holdings Inc. (OTCQX: STHZF) (CSE:STHZ) has reached a partial payment installment agreement with the Internal Revenue Service related to the fed Benzinga · Jul 29, 2022
China Kinda Sus: Indictment for "Transnational Repression Scheme to Silence Critics" of China in U.S. Defendants include a DHS employee and a retired DHS law enforcement agent. Reason · Jul 8, 2022
Feds open investigation of former Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick to recoup taxpayer money squandered in scandal DETROIT — Federal prosecutors opened an investigation Thursday in an effort to force former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to pay restitution to taxpayers amid questions about whether he had started paying $1.7 million debt to the city and Internal Revenue Service. Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2022
Editorial: 2 'random' IRS audits miraculously target 2 high-profile Trump enemies James Comey and Andrew McCabe, who both headed the FBI and both clashed with then-President Donald Trump, found themselves miraculously selected for “random” deep-dive audits by the Internal Revenue Service in 2019 and 2021. The chance of both Comey and McCabe being randomly selected out of more than 150 million… St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jul 8, 2022
California taxpayers told they owe the IRS money when they already paid. Here’s why SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Internal Revenue Service has sent letters to taxpayers throughout California telling them they owe money — and hefty penalties and interest — for their 2021 taxes even though they had already paid everything they were obligated to pay. Tribune News Service · Jul 5, 2022
IRS erases last season's backlog, but still faces 2022 crush The Internal Revenue Service says that it will have erased its backlog of last season’s tax returns by the end of this week The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022
Your phone just got more protection against spam calls. But it's not safe yet If you haven't been warned recently that your car warranty has expired, that something has gone badly wrong with your Social Security account or that you are in big trouble with the Internal Revenue Service, then you must not have a phone. Los Angeles Times · May 20, 2022
Arizona Secretary of State raises $3.69 million this election cycle According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Arizona Secretary of State’s office, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs has raised $3.69 million and spent $2.19 million between Jan. 1, 2021 and Mar. 31, 2022. Hobbs is currently ranked third in state-level donations in the 2022 election… Ballotpedia · May 16, 2022
Intuit To Settle TurboTax Claims Intuit Inc (NASDAQ:INTU) agreed to pay $141 million to settle claims by all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. The states alleged that beginning in 2016, Intuit steered customers eligible for IRS Free File into using TurboTax Free Edition, only to later tell them they needed to pay $59.99 or more to file… Benzinga · May 5, 2022
Amgen's Q1 Better Than Expected Sales, Profit Overshadowed By Tax Disclosure Amgen Inc (NASDAQ: AMGN) has recently received a notice of deficiency from the Internal Revenue Service centered on 2013 to 2015. Benzinga · Apr 28, 2022
Looking for a tax refund loan? It’s probably not worth it, experts say Last-minute filers are working to ship their returns off to the Internal Revenue Service by the 2021 tax year deadline on Monday, April 18 — and likely are looking forward to a hefty check via their tax refund. Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2022
Chicago Tribune · Apr 8, 2022 Editorial: How for-profit colleges stay a step ahead of the law The Future Tech Career Institute on South Michigan Avenue in Chicago stands accused of cheating students out of a promised education, which, unfortunately, is nothing new at for-profit colleges.
Reuters · Apr 5, 2022 Exclusive-U.S. suspends tax information exchange with Russian authorities The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has suspended information exchanges with Russia's tax authorities in a bid to hamper Moscow's ability to collect taxes and fund its war against Ukraine, the Treasury Department told Reuters on Tuesday.
Tribune News Service · Mar 31, 2022 Commentary: The IRS doesn’t need more workers, it needs less work Tax day is approaching, and a shorthanded Internal Revenue Service just got a $675 million boost (6%) from Congress and the president. But money won’t fix this problem. We can solve it—and maybe some other problems—with tax reform.
McClatchy Washington Bureau · Mar 25, 2022 The IRS promises your tax refund within three weeks. Here are some exceptions WASHINGTON — More people are getting bigger federal tax refunds this year, but not everyone will be getting their refund within the 21 days the Internal Revenue Service promised.
Tribune News Service · Mar 17, 2022 Commentary: The IRS must be properly funded; here’s why The Internal Revenue Service is the government agency that taxpayers “love to hate,” but starving it to death is bad for the country. The Biden administration’s Build Back Better legislation, which includes critically needed funding for the IRS, in now in limbo. The president has promised to fashion a stripped-down…
Los Angeles Times · Mar 15, 2022 Michael Hiltzik: Proof the IRS targets the poor for tax audits while leaving millionaires alone The Internal Revenue Service's preference for handling millionaires and billionaires with kid gloves has been known and documented for years.
Tribune News Service · Mar 11, 2022 IRS sees path to cut lengthy phone waits, massive refund backlog There’s a glimmer of hope for frustrated taxpayers who have been unable to reach the Internal Revenue Service or have had their tax refunds held up by massive processing backlogs.
Los Angeles Times · Mar 8, 2022 Congresswomen ask IRS to look at Golden Globes group's tax exempt status LOS ANGELES — More than a year after a Los Angeles Times investigation into the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a pair of congresswomen have sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service, asking for an investigation into the organization's tax-exempt status.
Los Angeles Times · Feb 19, 2022 Michael Hiltzik: Don't blame the IRS for its lousy service. Blame Congress With tax season already underway — the filing deadline this year is April 18 — complaints about the Internal Revenue Service are already rolling in.
Roll Call · Feb 18, 2022 Nondefense squeeze won't spare IRS in omnibus spending talks - Roll Call The Internal Revenue Service won’t get the appropriations boost for this year that Democrats had hoped for.
Tribune News Service · Feb 7, 2022 IRS use of selfie software is ‘unacceptable’, key Democrat says A senior Senate Democrat is urging the Internal Revenue Service to abandon the use of a facial recognition software for taxpayers to access their documents online.