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.
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Former 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 MoreLesson Lerner-ed? Disgraced IRS Official Tenders Resignation
Remember Lois Lerner? The former Internal Revenue Service Director of Exempt Organizations made headlines this spring when she was accused improperly targeting certain applications for tax-exempt status based on keywords and politically charged language. She’s finally stepping down from her position. Why now?
Read MoreCongress To Consider ‘Keep The IRS Off Your Health Care Act Of 2013’ This Week
Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) has introduced H.R. 2009, referred to as the Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013 to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from enforcing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. The bill would bar IRS from enforcing the health care act as a result of the most recent tax exempt organization scandal.
Read MoreAs Debate Into Tax Exempt Scandal Continues, Here’s A Timeline Of Who Knew What And When
It is with regret that I will be departing from the IRS as my acting assignment ends in early June. This has been an incredibly
Read MoreCongress Threatens IRS With ‘Right-Sized’ Budget Cuts
Things just keep getting worse for the Internal Revenue Service. Last week, a House Appropriations subcommittee proposed to slash the tax agency’s budget by nearly
Read MoreIRS May Cancel Controversial Employee Bonuses – For A Price
Remember those pesky IRS bonuses? Last month, despite a directive from the Obama administration for agencies to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts,
Read MoreAs Second IRS Official Pleads The Fifth, Congress Pushes For ‘Lerner Rule’
Greg Roseman, a Deputy Director at the Internal Revenue Service, didn’t make any friends on the Hill last month when he refused to testify at
Read MoreCongress Clashes Over Conspiracy Theories & Political Agendas As IRS Targeting Appears To Include ‘Progressives’
Did they or didn’t they? For weeks, we’ve been hearing whispers that the Internal Revenue Service’s screening process which targeted certain tax exempt organizations included
Read MoreWill She Or Won’t She? D.C. Holds Breath As IRS Official Is Called Back To Testify After (Possibly) Pleading The Fifth
It’s no surprise that Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, would recall Lois Lerner, Director of the Exempt
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