A House committee voted Wednesday to censure IRS Commissioner
John Koskinen for his obstruction of an investigation into the
IRS improperly scrutinizing Tea Party groups. Read More.
The Internal Revenue Service missed over 100,000 people whose
information was stolen as a result of a data breach, failing to
properly assist the affected taxpayers, the federal agency’s
inspector general says. Read More.
IRS Can Take Your Passport, Unless You Contest Taxes Due. The law
has nothing to do with offshore accounts. It isn’t limited to
criminal tax cases. Read More.
The IRS and Commissioner John Koskinen have been under intense
fire from legislator in recent months, culminating with calls to
censure and impeach the commissioner and a lawsuit claiming the
agency illegally deleted texts and failed to save internal
messages. Read More.
A watchdog group sued the IRS on Monday, accusing the agency of
failing to store instant messages as part of its official
records, and demanding a federal judge step in and order the
agency to comply with the Federal Records Act. Read More.
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen will not appear Tuesday at a
“misconduct” hearing at which Republicans will lay out a case to
impeach him for allegedly failing to comply with a congressional
subpoena. Read More.
The long-simmering war between Republicans in Congress and the
Internal Revenue Service is escalating, with the news that the
House Judiciary Committee will hold hearings that could lead to
the impeachment of IRS Director John Koskinen. Read More.