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. Continue reading
Mar 12 Fake IRS agents target more than 366,000 in huge tax scam By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Fake IRS agents have targeted more than 366,000 people with harassing phone calls demanding payments and threatening jail as part of a huge nationwide tax scam that has cost taxpayers $15.5 million. Continue reading
Dec 29 Uninsured Americans face potential higher costs in 2015 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Being uninsured in America will cost you more in 2015. Continue reading
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