IRS says it collected $38 million from more than 175 high-income tax delinquents
The agency received a new funding stream through the Inflation Reduction Act passed in August by Democrats.
By Associated Press - July 14, 2023The agency received a new funding stream through the Inflation Reduction Act passed in August by Democrats.
By Associated Press - July 14, 2023Supporters of the so-called ‘fair tax’ proposal, which would raise the cost of consumer goods, include Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
By Oliver Willis - January 18, 2023The government would lose an estimated $185 billion in tax revenue over the next decade if the bill became law.
By Oliver Willis - January 10, 2023Their plan to partially defund the IRS would cost the government a net $114 billion in lost revenue over a decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates.
By Josh Israel - January 10, 2023The ‘Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act’ would help wealthy tax cheats evade the law.
By Josh Israel - January 03, 2023The released tax returns are likely to offer the clearest picture yet of Donald Trump’s finances during his time in the White House.
By Associated Press - December 30, 2022Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) made the comments at a ‘conservative activist summit’ in Atlanta, where he was campaigning for Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker.
By Josh Israel - August 30, 2022Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a memo to the IRS commissioner the day after President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law.
By Oliver Willis - August 18, 2022Republicans in Congress have been crusading against the beleaguered agency for more than a decade.
By Josh Israel - February 21, 2022House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik wants to defund National Public Radio and take away its tax-exempt status.
By Josh Israel - November 15, 2021Republican Sen. Tom Cotton claimed President Joe Biden’s plan to crack down on tax cheats is a ploy to conduct surveillance of all Americans.
By Oliver Willis - May 24, 2021Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa doesn’t want the IRS to have the tools to crack down on rich tax evaders.
By Josh Israel - May 18, 2021It’s tax season, and the scammers are back.
By Donna Provencher - March 25, 2021A new study says the richest 1% of Americans are hiding 21% of their income from the IRS.
By Donna Provencher - March 22, 2021President Joe Biden has addressed food and income insecurity as Americans continue to suffer during the pandemic.
By Donna Provencher - January 25, 2021The IRS’ attempt to seize relief checks may have a disproportionate impact on Black and Hispanic inmates, who are incarcerated at a higher rate than white Americans.
By Associated Press - June 24, 2020The Internal Revenue Service spends just as much time auditing people who make $20,000 per year as those who make millions because it’s easier.
By Lisa Needham - October 03, 2019Trump may soon be frustrated by an IRS whistleblower detailing alleged efforts to influence the agency.
By Oliver Willis - September 30, 2019Congress has demanded and obtained presidential tax records in the past, despite claims by the Trump administration that the current effort is ‘unprecedented.’
By Dan Desai Martin - July 26, 2019Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is continuing to deny that he’s breaking the law by not handing Trump’s tax returns to Congress.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 22, 2019A confidential draft memo from the IRS shreds Trump’s justifications for blocking the agency from releasing his taxes.
By Lisa Needham - May 22, 2019Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin refuses to follow the law requiring him to hand Congress six years of Trump’s taxes.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 06, 2019There’s no rule preventing Trump from releasing his taxes, even if he is under audit.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 10, 2019