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IRS sued over erased instant messages
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.
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Koskinen will skip IRS impeachment hearing
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.
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Understanding the Fair Tax’s impact
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.
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House GOP Plans Another Attack Against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen
House Republicans are deploying another attack in their continuing case against Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen: Formal censure. Read More.
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Fair Tax would help all income groups
After reading the letter “Fair Tax Act would be anything but,” it’s abundantly clear that the writer has little knowledge of what the Fair Tax is and how it actually works. Read More.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

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