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Apr 13

Good news, procrastinators: Tax deadline pushed to Tuesday

By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press

The tax agency said Thursday that nearly 40 million taxpayers have yet to file their returns.

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Apr 05

Here’s how the IRS could help more uninsured people

By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News

The IRS doesn’t tell some tax filers that their low and moderate incomes likely mean their households qualify for Medicaid or subsidies, according to researchers.

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Oct 23

No criminal charges to be filed in connection with IRS processing tax-exempt applications

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

Neither Lois Lerner nor any other IRS official will face criminal charges in the political controversy over the processing of applications for tax-exempt status, the Justice Department announced Friday…

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Sep 14

Pay your taxes, but don’t send IRS that $100 million check

By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press

No checks, please. Starting next year, your check won't be any good at the IRS — if you're making a tax payment of $100 million or more.

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Jul 21

7.5 million Americans paid fine for having no health insurance in 2014

By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News

About 7.5 million Americans paid an average penalty of $200 for not having health insurance in 2014 — the first year most Americans were required to have coverage under the Affordable Care Act, the Internal Revenue Service says.

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Jun 02

Government watchdog says IRS vulnerable to computer hackers

By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press

The IRS has failed to implement dozens of security upgrades to combat cyberattacks, leaving the agency's computer systems vulnerable to hackers, a government watchdog told Congress on Tuesday.

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Apr 13

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Are budget cuts and Obamacare confusion causing IRS bottleneck?

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Mar 31

IRS commissioner says backlog of 60,000 applications for tax-exempt status is gone

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

The head of the IRS says his agency has eliminated a huge processing backlog of groups seeking tax-exempt status.

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Sep 08

Treasury wants to make overseas inversions less profitable for U.S. corporations

By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press

A growing number of U.S. companies are shifting their addresses abroad in an effort to reduce their U.S. taxes. The maneuver is known as a corporate inversion.

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Sep 05

IRS can’t find emails for 5 more employees in congressional probe

By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press

On Friday, the IRS issued a report to Congress saying the agency also lost emails from five other employees related to the probe, including two agents who worked in a Cincinnati office processing applications for tax-exempt status.

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