Current News
OLSON: Hardworking American taxpayers deserve better
America’s national debt sits above a staggering $19 trillion.
That’s math we literally can’t even begin to comprehend, yet it’s
not hard to understand why we should worry. Many of my colleagues
on the … 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.
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.
Small businesses still fighting for cash seized by IRS
A tale involving a Maryland dairy farmer and North Carolina
convenience store owner Read More.
Members Of Congress Push To Shut Down IRS Forever
Shut down the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). That’s the
recommendation from the Republican Study Committee (RSC) to House
Republicans. The proposal to shutter the IRS, together with … Read More.
Inside Republicans’ backup plan to punish the IRS chief
Folks rightfully dislike taxation without representation, but
right now taxation with representation is being hamstrung. I hear
time and time again from people across the Ozarks that … Read More.
IRS Has Answered Only 15.6 Percent of Calls This Tax Filing
Season
The IRS has answered only 15.6 percent of customer service calls
during the 2016 tax-filing season so far, according to testimony
from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Read More.
Is Your Tax Return Audit Bait?
With tax day nearing, you may be wondering what triggers an IRS
audit. The short answer: It often takes more than it has in the
past. In fiscal 2015, which ended … Read More.
MANESS: Pass The Fair Tax And Blow Up The Tax Code
With tax day officially upon us, it is a perfect time to point
out that one of the biggest problems in our federal government
and with our economy is the convoluted and corrupt income tax … Read More.
Sen. Moran: Overhaul tax code, abolish IRS
This week, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told Congress that
simplifying the tax code would significantly reduce costs to the
government. Despite possible savings, some are suggesting … Read More.
Arguments for abolishing income tax
There is confusion, misrepresentation and lack of understanding
about the federal tax problems and solutions. The root cause of
taxation problems is the 16th Amendment … Read More.
IRS Says These Non-Cash Items Are… Cash
At tax time, it’s easy to remember your wages, since you receive
a Form W-2. It’s also easy to remember income reported on Forms
1099, though if you are … Read More.
Storming The IRS Gates: An Occupy Movement Worth Supporting
Taxation: A federal judge says the IRS can’t be trusted. Well,
he’s right. So when will people in this country finally rise up
and force Washington to get rid of this awful agency? Because a
holiday … Read More.
FairTax would create jobs, boost economy
Having the highest corporate income tax rate has resulted in
Americans losing jobs as U.S. companies relocate to
tax-friendlier countries (inversions), because it is a “reverse
tariff” on … Read More.
NUGENT: I’d really prefer to just get rid of the IRS
Over the past five years I have received countless letters from
constituents expressing a general distaste for the Internal
Revenue Service. And let me tell you, I share in the frustration. Read More.
