IRS stonewalls on emails about tea-party targets

(WASHINGTON TIMES) IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said Wednesday that he won’t be able to produce all of former employee Lois G. Lerner’s emails and those of other key employees by the end of this year, pushing it beyond this year’s congressional elections.
In a heated exchange over whether he …
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IRS says bitcoin will be taxed like property

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Virtual currencies like bitcoin will be taxed like property — not currency, the Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday.
The IRS says bitcoin is not legal tender. You can’t use it to pay your taxes.
However, if you receive wages in bitcoin, you have …
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Missing jet takes off on Twitter

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Trending topics on Twitter this past week reflected world headlines, especially the missing Malaysian jetliner and potentially world-changing political movements in Ukraine and Crimea.
Regarding the Twitter response to the apparent hijacking of M…
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Politiquizz: Outside Spenders and the IRS

The comment period for the Internal Revenue Service’s proposed rules changes governing 501(c)(4) politically active nonprofit groups, which closed at the end of last month, drew firm opposition from across the spectrum. Exactly 143,764 comments were submitted to the IRS — a number…
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Ted Cruz to CPAC: “Each and every one of you is going to be audited by the IRS”

“We are at the edge of a cliff. Liberty is under assault”

    

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IRS hearing explodes, Republicans inch toward contempt

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Republicans are inching toward a vote to hold former IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress after fireworks exploded at a House hearing on the tea party targeting on Wednesday.
Lerner, former head of the IRS tax-exempt unit and a lightening rod for Republicans in the nine-month-old…
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CRP to IRS: New Rules Need New Data to be Enforceable

Today, the Center for Responsive Politics submitted comments to the IRS regarding the agency’s proposed rulemaking on “candidate-related political activity” by 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations. Unlike other commenters, CRP did not focus on the merits of the specific…
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Proposed IRS rule change: A wolf in sheep’s clothing

Last Thursday, comments closed for the Internal Revenue Service’s proposed rule that would affect many of the same conservative and tea party nonprofits targeted in the notorious IRS scandal. The rule is intended to help clarify existing rules, the IRS says, but it actually contains unclear an…
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Proposed IRS rule change: A wolf in sheep’s clothing

Proposed IRS rule change: A wolf in sheep’s clothing

Last Thursday, comments closed for the Internal Revenue Service’s proposed rule that would affect many of the same conservative and tea party nonprofits targeted in the notorious IRS scandal. The rule is intended to help clarify existing rules, the IRS says, but it actually contains unclear an…
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IRS Abuse Still a Big Problem

Writing at the Wall Street Journal, Kim Strassel points out that the IRS targeting of conservative groups has only gotten worse:
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IRS Abuse Still a Big Problem