Taxes

Democrats, GOP Reps Demand IRS Return Money to Small Businesses

A bipartisan group of Congressmen on the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew demanding the government return money to small businesses that the IRS had wrongfully seized under federal asset forfeiture laws.

IRS Targeted Mainstream Conservatives

Judicial Watch Wednesday announced that IRS scrutiny of conservative groups went beyond tea party organizations and included higher profile groups, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Crossroads GPS, associated with former George W. Bush advisor Karl Rove.

IRS Ignores Deadline to Hand Over Lerner Emails

The Internal Revenue Service is ignoring a court-imposed deadline to turn over newly found Lois Lerner email documents essential to investigations of the IRS tax-exempt scandal.

An IRS Healthcare Fine That Could Total $36,500

Quietly and with no comment from the public, the Internal Revenue Service has amended tax rules to penalize small businesses that set up Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRAs) to use pretax dollars to help workers afford health insurance.

Rand Paul Pitches Plan to 'Blow Up' Tax Code

Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul called Thursday for a "fair and flat tax" that would "blow up" the nation's tax code, offering a proposal his campaign said would cut taxes by $2 trillion over the next decade.

Is This Why the IRS Is Ignoring Taxpayer Calls?

If you’ve got any questions this tax season, don’t bother calling the IRS. Chances are, they won’t even pick up. The agency blames budget cuts, but here’s what I think…