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DOJ Revises Statement on Taxpayer Funded Muffins

30 October 2011

Those must have been some delicious muffins. Initial reports out of the Department of Justice last month indicated that department officials had doled out $16 per muffin for an Executive Office of Immigration Review conference in Washington, D.C. The revelation raised ire among taxpayers and officials, making those muffins the equivalent of the $600 toilet [...]

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Senator Urges Passage of Missing Kids Bill

11 January 2011

The IRS has some pretty tough privacy laws. If you’ve ever tried to order a tax transcript or ask a tax question, you know what I’m talking about. The IRS will not generally reveal third party information without the third party’s consent even when it affects the taxpayer. That privacy cap even extends to law [...]

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Feds Target Tax Preparer Who Filed For $93 Million in Fraudulent Refunds

13 January 2010

This tax season, Penny Lea Jones won’t be preparing tax returns if the feds have their way. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge has issued a preliminary injunction barring Jones from preparing federal income tax returns for taxpayers while a lawsuit against her proceeds. The lawsuit is one of seven such actions filed by the [...]

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Are the Feds Backing Off UBS?

23 June 2009

The New York Times says yes. The Justice Department says no. I’m not sure what to believe but it does make you wonder what’s going on… The Times has suggested that the DOJ may back off its investigation of more than 52,000 über rich Americans who held secret accounts at the Swiss bank, UBS, citing [...]

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