Sep 29 Five things Republicans hope to do if they win control of the Senate this fall By Associated Press Without a Democratic majority in the way, Republicans in the Senate will likely take on these five items. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Jul 14 Five lessons from this election season so far By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: The establishment has had a good season … Incumbents are tough to beat … Democrats’ chances could rest with their Marks … Money can’t buy you tea party love … and ObamaCare fades as… Continue reading
Jul 10 Federal judge orders IRS to explain lost emails By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press A federal judge on Thursday ordered the IRS to explain under oath how it lost a trove of emails to and from a central figure in the agency's tea party controversy. Continue reading
Jun 27 Watch Shields and Ponnuru on House GOP vs. Obama, missing IRS emails By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s top news, including how incumbents held their ground against the tea party in last Tuesday’s primaries, Rep. John Boehner’s threat to sue President… Continue watching
Jun 24 IRS head says no laws broken in loss of emails By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press Republicans in Congress aren't buying the contention by the head of the Internal Revenue Service that he has seen no evidence anyone committed a crime when the agency lost emails that might shed light on the targeting of tea party… Continue reading
Jun 20 Congress questions IRS over lost emails By Eileen Sullivan, Jack Gillum, Associated Press Eight federal employees connected to the tea party investigation experienced hard drive crashes, resulting in an unknown number of lost emails, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen told lawmakers Friday in an unusually tense congressional hearing. Continue reading
Jun 18 IRS will waive tax evasion penalties — if you can prove it was an accident By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service is offering to waive steep penalties for Americans living abroad who haven't been paying their U.S. taxes. Continue reading
Jun 17 IRS lost more emails in tea party probe, investigators say By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has lost more emails connected to the tea party investigation, congressional investigators said Tuesday. The IRS said last Friday it had lost an untold number of emails when Lois Lerner's computer crashed in 2011. Continue reading