Tag: IRS

IRS official Lois Lerner speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

New documents show Justice Dept. linked to IRS scandal

Sarah Bedford · July 8, 2015 4:01 am

Sister Caroline attends a rally on June 30, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Should religious schools worry about losing their tax-exempt status over gay marriage?

Jason Russell · June 26, 2015 7:02 pm

Republicans Consider Impeaching IRS Chief

Daniel Halper · June 26, 2015 11:30 am

Chief Justice John Roberts speaks with Britain's Prince Charles, right, during a private reception at the British Ambassador's Residence on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Second Roberts rewrite turns courts and the IRS into legislators

Timothy P. Carney · June 25, 2015 9:52 pm

Eight months after Congress requested emails from embattled IRS official Lois Lerner, tax agency employees "magnetically erased" hundreds of backup tapes. (AP Photo)

IRS permanently destroyed up to 24,000 Lerner emails after subpoena

Sarah Bedford, Barbara Boland · June 25, 2015 8:33 pm

Supporters of the Affordable Care Act celebrate outside the Supreme Court, Thursday, June 25. 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Ruling may eliminate ‘wiggle room’ for future administrations

Robert King · June 25, 2015 7:21 pm

Current federal tax forms are distributed at the offices of the IRS, Nov. 1, 2005, in Chicago. (Photo Illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

IRS paid $18 million to tax-delinquent firms

Sarah Bedford · June 24, 2015 11:16 pm

In this Dec. 11, 2013 file photo, Rosemary Cabelo uses a computer at a public library to access the Affordable Health Care Act website, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

New Obamacare privacy threats loom large

Rep. Diane Black · June 22, 2015 9:00 am

The Specter of the Bob Jones Case

Hadley Arkes · June 22, 2015 4:00 am

Republican Ryan Zinke is seen at the start of a U.S. House debate in Billings, Mont., on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. Zinke stressed the need for a smaller federal government to reduce hurdles faced by the private sector. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

GOP: Obama would sacrifice troops for IRS and EPA

John Siciliano · June 20, 2015 1:57 pm

U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., speaks at the Freedom Summit, Saturday, May 9, 2015, in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

IRS apologizes for brushing off House Republican with a form letter

Pete Kasperowicz · June 17, 2015 6:32 pm

The IRS collects most of its money through voluntary compliance with tax laws. But if a tax bill is unpaid, it can be turned over to the Automated Collection System. (AP Photo)

Watchdog: IRS cuts had minimal impact on tax collections

Pete Kasperowicz · June 17, 2015 5:12 pm