Stephen Ohlemacher

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FILE - This March 22, 2013, file photo, shows exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. As the United States attempts to punish Russia for its actions in Ukraine, the Treasury Department is deploying an economic weapon that could prove to be more costly than sanctions: the Internal Revenue Service. This summer, the U.S. plans to start using a new anti-tax evasion law that will make it much more expensive for Russian banks to do business in America. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

AP ENTERPRISE: US to unleash IRS on Russian banks

Stephen Ohlemacher · May 5, 2014 9:03 pm

House GOP wants special counsel to probe IRS

Stephen Ohlemacher · May 2, 2014 6:53 pm

Lawyer for ex-IRS official asks to address House

Stephen Ohlemacher · April 28, 2014 8:31 pm

IRS awards bonuses to 1,100 who owe back taxes

Stephen Ohlemacher · April 22, 2014 9:31 pm

IRS audits less than 1 percent of big partnerships

Stephen Ohlemacher · April 17, 2014 10:24 pm

Union fights push to hire private tax collectors

Stephen Ohlemacher · April 16, 2014 12:00 am

Union fights push to hire private tax collectors

Stephen Ohlemacher · April 16, 2014 12:00 am

FILE - In this May 31, 2013, file photo, acting Social Security Commissioner Carolyn W. Colvin, center, accompanied by Acting Labor Secretary Seth D. Harris, left, and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, speaks during a news conference about Social Security and Medicare in Washington. The Social Security Administration is suspending a program in which thousands of people were having their tax refunds seized to recoup overpayments that happened more than a decade ago. Colvin said Monday, April 14, 2014, she has directed an immediate halt to the program while the agency does a review. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

People with old Social Security debts get reprieve

Stephen Ohlemacher · April 15, 2014 7:11 am

FILE - In this May 31, 2013, file photo, acting Social Security Commissioner Carolyn W. Colvin, center, accompanied by Acting Labor Secretary Seth D. Harris, left, and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, speaks during a news conference about Social Security and Medicare in Washington. The Social Security Administration is suspending a program in which thousands of people were having their tax refunds seized to recoup overpayments that happened more than a decade ago. Colvin said Monday, April 14, 2014, she has directed an immediate halt to the program while the agency does a review. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Social Security halts effort to collect old debts

Stephen Ohlemacher · April 14, 2014 10:07 pm

This photo taken April 13, 2014 shows the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Washington at daybreak. Tuesday, April 15, is the federal tax filing deadline for most Americans. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

April 15 not much of a deadline for most taxpayers

Stephen Ohlemacher · April 14, 2014 6:15 pm

Chances of getting audited by IRS lowest in years

Stephen Ohlemacher · April 14, 2014 7:33 am

FILE - In this May 22, 2013 file photo, Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner refuses to answer questions as the House Oversight Committee holds a hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny the IRS gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House Ways and Means Committee voted Wednesday, April 9, 2014, to refer Lerner to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution in the agency's tea party controversy. On Thursday, the House Oversight Committee and its tenacious chairman, Darrell Issa, R-Calif., has scheduled a vote on whether to hold Lerner in contempt of Congress for not responding to questions at two Oversight hearings. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House panel votes to hold IRS official in contempt

Stephen Ohlemacher · April 10, 2014 6:00 pm