Republicans on the House Oversight Committee sent a letter to the IRS pointing to “COVID-19 related telework policies” allowing most IRS employees to work remotely as well as outdated software…
IRS Will Require Face Scans to Access Taxes Online…
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will start requiring people to provide a photo of themselves to a third-party company to verify their identification before they can access their online accounts….
Why the Biden Administration Wants to Track Your Bank Account…
The idea that people — and governments — should mind their own business is older than the American republic. But Democrats aren’t backing off…
Biden Plans to Grant IRS Access to Your Bank Account, PayPal Transaction Data…
The proposals could be ruled unconstitutional…
IRS Denies Tax-Exemption to Texas Religious Group Because Prayer, Bible Reading Boost the Republican Party…
An IRS official denied tax-exempt status to a Texas group that encourages church members to pray for state and national leaders regardless of their party affiliation because it benefits “the private interests of the [Republican] Party.”…
Federal Tax Judge Allows Whistleblower Case Against Clinton Foundation to Proceed…
U.S. Tax Court Judge David Gustafson denies IRS motion for summary judgment, says agency “abused its discretion” in trying to shut down inquiry….
True The Vote Wins Historic $2 Million Settlement Against IRS…
News we might have missed. Last week Catherine Engelbrecht announced a historic legal victory in her decade long battle against the IRS for targeting her group, True The Vote, as part of the Obama administration’s weaponization program against political opposition. U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton issued a stunning ruling (full pdf below) in favor […]
IRS Analyst Charged with Leaking Michael Cohen’s Financial Records…
An analyst with the Internal Revenue Service was charged Thursday with leaking the financial records of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. An affidavit submitted in the case reveals that John C. Fry, the analyst, placed several phone calls to attorney Michael Avenatti before and after he accessed Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) that had been filed by […]
Florida Man’s $980k Refund Check from IRS Was First Clue Something Was Wrong…
It took a little time, but the IRS eventually realized it had a problem after it issued a refund check for $980,000 to a Florida man who’d claimed only about $18,000 in income for the 2016 tax year. A federal forfeiture complaint recently filed in U.S. District Court in Tampa lays out the story, according […]
The IRS Is Recalling 46k Workers to Handle Tax Returns…
The Internal Revenue Service is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown — nearly 60 percent of its workforce — to handle tax returns and pay out refunds. The employees won’t be paid. With the official start of the tax filing season coming Jan. 28, the Trump administration has promised that […]