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Congressional Republicans are considering holding off on repealing some of ObamaCare’s taxes, according to lobbyists familiar with the discussions. Read More.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google saved $3.6 billion in worldwide taxes in 2015 by moving 14.9 billion euros ($15.5 billion) to a Bermuda shell company, new regulatory filings in the Netherlands reveal. Read More.

Taxpayers paid for “excessive and inappropriate” lodging and travel costs, including for one employee who managed to travel 381 days of the year. Read More.

Yes, Mr. Trump can #MAGA-MakeAmericaGreatAgain but only if we #MTFA-MakeTaxesFairAgain. Read More.

Socrates, the great Greek philosopher is credited with saying, “The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.” Read More.

In all the musings about tax reform, an often overlooked question is “What is the fundamental purpose of our tax system?” Read More.

Seldom in a lifetime does circumstance collide with opportunity to provide such an occasion for fundamental change. We are in one of those times. Read More.

More than two dozen IRS employees traveled for more than half of fiscal 2015, incurring total costs of more than $1.4 million, according to a report from the staff of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). Read More.

The “John Doe” summons seeks to identify all United States Coinbase customers who transferred convertible virtual currency from 2013 to 2015. Read More.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are accelerating efforts to craft a sweeping tax reform bill for 2017 and looking at ways to smooth the transition to a new tax system for some businesses, the House Republican tax chief said on Wednesday. Read More.

​Republican leaders managed to derail impeachment of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen on Tuesday, forcing the debate back to a committee for more study, where it will die when Congress adjourns at the end of this year. Read More.

​Over the years, Apple Inc. has become the poster child for U.S. multinationals accused of sheltering overseas profits to avoid the IRS. What’s gone largely unnoticed is that it’s been paid more than half a billion dollars by the U.S. government to do just that. Read More.

Attention holiday shoppers: You might not be able to count on receiving a federal tax refund in January to pay for those gift bills. Read More.

A “corrupt” Internal Revenue Service still is shooting down advocates for conservative causes, especially if they have the words “tea party” in their names, even though courts have told the bureaucrats to stop. Read More.

IRS Notice N-2016-70 has extended the deadline for mailing the 2016 reporting year 1095 Forms from January 31st, 2017 to March 2nd, 2017. Read More.