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US representative candidates back a Fair Tax proposal
The candidates for District 8 U.S. representative
enthusiastically support a national sales tax, commonly known as
the Fair Tax. Read More.
Appeals Court Slaps Down IRS in NorCal Tea Party Case
The NorCal Tea Party Patriots won another round Tuesday in their
long legal battle against the IRS, which had targeted hundreds of
Tea Party and conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status
before the 2012 elections. Read More.
It’s Been 513 Days Since Any Big 3 Network Has Touched the IRS
Scandal
The latest stunning development in the IRS targeting scandal,
that a federal appeals court on Tuesday scolded the IRS for
failing to turn over its full list of groups it targeted, has yet
to be reported on any of the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) network
evening or morning shows. Read More.
IRS’s Delays in Responding to Taxpayer Correspondence Take
Mounting Toll
The Internal Revenue Service’s delays in processing taxpayer
correspondence are lengthening, leading to delayed tax refunds
and bigger interest payments from the IRS, according to a new
report. Read More.
Nearly $1B in IRS refunds about to be forfeited
An IRS legal deadline looms in April to claim more than $950
million in 2012 federal tax refunds. An estimated 1 million-plus
taxpayers risk losing their share of the funds because they
haven’t yet filed the tax returns… Read More.
IRS forces local Tea Party to continue limbo dance
It is an abuse-of-power dance nobody wants to get asked to. But
in 2009 the Internal Revenue Service held out a bamboo pole and
forced the Albuquerque Tea Party to limbo. Read More.
Senate Panel Pushes IRS to Fix Cybersecurity Problems
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing Tuesday to examine
the Internal Revenue Service’s recent failures to protect
taxpayer information from cybercriminals. The hearing probed … Read More.
IRS Finds ‘Get Transcript’ Data Breach Was More Widespread
The Internal Revenue Service said Friday that an investigation
into last year’s data breach in the online Get Transcript
application revealed it affected hundreds of thousands more
taxpayers than originally believed. Read More.
IRS and EPA honchos receive public service awards. No… seriously.
You can keep clicking on this link as many times as you like and
refreshing the page but it’s not going to redirect you to a story
from The Onion. Read More.
Positive effect of FairTax® on jobs, trade and government
spending
Although the FairTax® — H.R.25/ S.155 — is a national consumption
tax on new goods and services and government spending and will
eliminate all federal taxes on income and investment … Read More.
Support urged for the Fair Tax Act
Whenever I see an article about corporations not paying their
“fair share” of taxes or that the U.S. has the highest corporate
tax rate in the world, I always wonder why it is never pointed
out … Read More.
Explaining the ‘Fair Tax’
Since politicians are discussing their plans for tax reform, this
is a good time to mention one of the possibilities. Read More.
Top Republican to IRS: You say you’re broke. How can you afford
700 new employees?
The chairman of a powerful House committee is demanding to know
how IRS chief John Koskinen has found the money to hire up to 700
enforcement staffers when he told … Read More.
IRS Adds 700 Ways To Audit, So Don’t Delete Emails Or Wipe Hard
Drives
IRS is adding 700 audit and enforcement personnel to increase
your chances of a tax audit. Some Republicans say this hiring
news means the endless budget requests from IRS Commissioner … Read More.
IRS Chief Blames Poor Customer Service, Data Hacks on Healthcare
Reform
Both cybersecurity and customer service at the Internal Revenue
Service have suffered because of Obamacare, the agency’s head
said in remarks to Congress on Thursday. Read More.
