IRS
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PublishedMay 15, 2023
IRS audits Black taxpayers more often than other groups, agency confirms
Tax audit algorithms targeted filers who collected anti-poverty credits and did not report business income, researchers found.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2023
From the Business Desk: Reckoning is needed for pandemic relief
Government has tried to lessen the financial toll of the pandemic, with generally positive results. But we still need to scrutinize how it's done.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2023
IRS says Maine’s $850 pandemic relief checks not taxable
The agency had been studying whether the money sent out last year in Maine – and similar payments made in 16 other states – was subject to federal taxes.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2023
Democrats hammer Republican plan to impose national sales tax, abolish IRS
Sponsored by Rep. Earl L. 'Buddy' Carter, R-Ga., the plan would do away with income, payroll, estate and gift taxes, and instead impose a 23% national sales tax.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2023
Maine’s Democratic representatives criticize Republican moves in U.S. House
Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree opposed a number of measures pushed by the new congressional majority.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2023
Watchdog sees ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ for IRS backlog
House Republicans want to rescind the agency's additional funding, saying it would bankroll an army of 87,000 auditors who will harass taxpayers – claims that are generally alarmist and misleading.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2023
In first act, Republican-controlled House takes aim at IRS funding
Republicans have shown interest in proving their opposition to Democrats’ efforts to boost tax code enforcement and crack down on tax avoidance.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2022
Trump’s taxes: House OKs bill on IRS audits of presidents
The practice of auditing presidential tax returns grew from the Watergate era when then-President Richard Nixon was under scrutiny by Congress.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2022
Chief Justice Roberts delays handover of Trump tax returns to House panel
Without court intervention, the tax returns could have been provided as early as Thursday by the Treasury Department to the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2022
Trump asks Supreme Court to keep tax returns from House committee
Lower courts ruled that the committee has broad authority to obtain tax returns and rejected Trump's claims that it was overstepping.