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Chairman’s Report – December 18, 2015
Because the FAIRtax does not “pre-tax” consumption like the
existing income and payroll taxes do, the shoppers go to the
store with not 65% to 75% of their earnings to spend because of
withholding, but with 100% of their paycheck except for any state
deductions. Read More.
IRS Loses Hundreds of Criminal Agents as Tax Cheats Take Heart
Tax cheats can breathe a little easier. The gun-toting Internal
Revenue Service investigators who send felons to prison are
retiring in droves and there’s no one to replace them. Read More.
Need for federal tax reform
The key debate question is, “What is wrong with the federal tax
code and how to fix it?” Read More.
Court filing shows GAB’s Kennedy asking Lois Lerner if IRS ‘would
be interested’
Staff at Wisconsin’s nearly extinct speech regulator misled their
board about the agency’s deep involvement in a politically driven
John Doe investigation months before the board authorized the
probe. Read More.
Massive IRS Scam Nearly Claims Ivy League Reporter
Her first reaction was relatively logical—”That’s ridiculous,”
she said, “I never received any notices.” Read More.
Momentum Builds to Tax Consumption More, Income Less
The Donald Trump-led Republican presidential field has attracted
outsize attention for eccentricity. With less notice, it is also
pointing America to a very different tax system. Read More.
Tax Burdens: Taxation’s Worst States
To sort out some states’ income tax systems, it can take an
accounting degree. Read More.
IRS’s Outdated Fraud Prevention System Could Cost Taxpayers
Millions
The Internal Revenue Service’s systems for detecting fraud may
wind up costing taxpayers millions, a Treasury Inspector General
for Tax Administration audit found . Read More.
A Consumption Tax Would Be Fair and Efficient
A flat consumption tax is the least economically destructive tax
system. Read More.
Your Passport Could Be Cancelled If You Owe IRS
The idea of tying travel to taxes has been percolating in
Washington for years. Read More.
Impeach IRS chief John Koskinen
Congress must halt the tax agency’s partisan scheming Read More.
Resisting FOIA Request, IRS Ordered to Pay Attorney’s Fees in
Case Impacting Release of Federal Records
A judge has ordered the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to pay
$239,400 in attorneys’ fees after the agency tried to deny a
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for electronic versions
of records. Read More.
It looks like President Ted Cruz would reopen investigation of
IRS abuses
Cruz did not mince words about what he thought of the Obama
Justice Department’s failure to prosecute Lerner and her cohorts. Read More.
Lynch: Lois Lerner was protected by prosecutorial discretion
The decision to pass on the matter lands in the lap of Attorney
General Loretta Lynch. Read More.
Lynch: Lois Lerner was protected by prosecutorial discretion
The decision to pass on the matter lands in the lap of Attorney
General Loretta Lynch. Read More.
