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Politics Nov 09

Outgoing IRS chief ‘deeply concerned’ about cuts to already strained agency

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IRS commissioner: Funding cuts hinder security, efficiency

The IRS is facing tougher scrutiny than ever from Congress. Last week, lawmakers repeatedly pressed IRS Commissioner John Koskinen on why the agency wasn't moving faster to improve cybersecurity, after hackers were able to breach its computers last year. Koskinen…

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Health Jul 21

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

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.

By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News

Politics Mar 31

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

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

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

Politics Jun 27

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Shields and Ponnuru on House GOP vs. Obama, missing IRS emails

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…

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Jun 24

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Missing IRS emails prompt cover-up allegations from Republican lawmakers

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A political fight over the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service escalated when the IRS said it had lost thousands of emails when a former official’s computer crashed. Jeffrey Brown talks to Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., and…

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