With security and privacy concerns mounting about the Heartbleed bug, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has temporarily shut down its online filing options. What does IRS say about it?
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House Committee Votes To Hold Lerner In Contempt, Others Push For Criminal Prosecution
It was a flurry of activity on the Hill this week as one committee voted to pursue charges against disgraced former IRS official Lois Lerner as another committee asked Attorney General Eric Holder to consider criminal charges. Where do things stand now?
Read MoreHouse Committee Gunning For Criminal Charges In IRS Scandal
With the clock ticking down to Tax Day, it’s the IRS that’s getting the most scrutiny. The House Ways and Means Committee has announced that it will consider a resolution to charge ex-Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner with contempt.
Read MoreNew IRS Commissioner Talks Tax, Scandal, and Congress
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen stopped by the National Press Club to talk tax season, IRS funding, tax exempt organization scandals – and reference a little March Madness.
Read MoreIRS Introduces Tax Return Vending Machines (April Fool’s Day Edition)
It’s April Fool’s Day!
Read MoreCongressman’s Son Sues IRS For Nearly $1 Million Citing ‘Heavy-Handed’ Tactics
Citing “heavy-handed” tactics, Chaka Fattah Jr. has filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service claiming that they did not follow their own procedures during their investigation.
Read MoreIRS Says Bitcoin, Other Convertible Virtual Currency To Be Taxed Like Stock
The IRS has finally issued some guidance on the tax treatment of Bitcoin and certain other virtual currency. What did they decide?
Read MoreIRS, TIGTA Continue To Warn Taxpayers Of ‘Largest Scam Of Its Kind’
Think that’s IRS on the phone demanding payment? Think again…
Read MoreFormer IRS Official Refuses To Testify Again, Lawyer Blasts “Partisan” Hearing
Lois Lerner, the former Director of Tax Exempt Organizations was back in Washington today to testify about her role in the IRS tax exempt organization scandal. At the May 2013 hearing, Lerner pleaded the Fifth. She was called back this month. Was the result any different?
Read MoreIRS Investigations, Prosecutions For Tax Crimes Up In 2013
Those stories you’ve been seeing about tax-related crimes, investigations and convictions? They’re not just sensationalist. They’re real. And they’re part of a continuing trend by IRS to investigate financial crimes. Read what the annual report had to say about them…
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