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Charles Rangel

Ask the taxgirl: IRS and Disclosure of Taxpayer Information

20 November 2010

Taxpayer asks: Dear Taxgirl: I am curious. Isn’t it against the law for the IRS to discuss taxpayer’s confidential information? If so, how did the House ethics committee learn about Rep. Charles Rangel’s failure to pay tax on his Dominican rental? taxgirl says: The IRS does not, as a rule, discuss confidential taxpayer information. If [...]

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Rangel Gets Censure, Has to Pay Taxes (Um Yeah?)

18 November 2010

So you cheat at work and get caught… What can happen? You could get fired. You could lose some pay. You could be suspended. Or you could just get a tongue lashing and have to make it right. The House ethics committee is opting for the latter in the case of Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) [...]

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Rangel Guilty on 11 Counts, Including Failure to Pay Tax

17 November 2010

After Charles Rangel (D-NY) walked out of a contentious hearing on ethics charges, the subcommittee debated the charges without him and found him guilty of 11 violations. The subcommittee found “clear and convincing” evidence of guilt, including failing to pay taxes on rental income earned on a house in Dominican Republic. Of all of the [...]

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What’s Next for Rangel?

30 July 2010

So what’s the punishment for Rangel’s numerous ethics violations, including financial wrongdoing and “harming the credibility of Congress”? A stern reprimand of course. That’ll teach him. CNN is reporting that House ethics committee investigators are recommending that Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) be reprimanded as punishment for 13 ethics violations. Rangel, for his part, says the [...]

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Rangel Gets Slammed

30 July 2010

We’ve seen it coming for quite some time: Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), the former head of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, has been hit with 13 ethics violations, including those stemming from tax issues. Stay tuned for more info.

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Rangel We Have Heard on High

4 March 2010

Of course, one of the biggest tax stories of the year would hit while I was on the road… But never fear, I’m on it. And by biggest, I mean huge. Representative Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) has been dodging ethics complaints left and right for a few years now. It’s made news for a few [...]

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Rangel Refuses to Give Up Chair Despite Tax Probe

17 September 2008

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) has announced that he will not step down as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, despite an ethics investigation into his personal finances. Instead, according to his lawyer, Rangel will hire a “nationally renowned forensic accounting firm” to review and report his finances. After the review, the report will [...]

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