Tag: IRS

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on federal regulations in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Washington. "Let's cut the red tape, let's set free our dreams," Trump said as he symbolically cut a ribbon on stacks of paper representing the size of the regulatory code. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Washington Secrets

Treasury wipes 300 IRS regulations off the books

Paul Bedard · February 13, 2018 3:21 pm

The budget doesn't propose an increase in base funding, but it would receive nearly $15 billion to enforce tax collections. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Trump’s budget calls for $15 billion for IRS enforcement, aiming to help tax law

Joseph Lawler · February 12, 2018 5:46 pm

California tax lawyer Charles Rettig, who has worked on tax cases with the firm Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez for more than 35 years, would replace acting commissioner David Kautter as head of the tax collection agency. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump announces nominee for IRS commissioner

Joseph Lawler · February 8, 2018 6:54 pm

Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., recently introduced legislation that would bar the IRS from collecting Schedule B forms, as well as the "name, address, or other identifying information" of donors to 501(c) organizations, otherwise known as nonprofits. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Beltway Confidential

How about a little bipartisanship to protect nonprofits and privacy?

Eric Peterson · February 7, 2018 11:23 pm

Rep. Tom MacArthur, R-N.J., is proposing the Transparency for Taxpayers Act, which would require the Internal Revenue Service to make available an online tax calculator to give taxpayers the ability to see the probable impact of the bill on individual income taxes. (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Tom MacArthur pushes for online tax calculator as GOP tries to sell tax reform

Al Weaver · February 6, 2018 5:01 am

A Thursday court ruling marked, the last of the pending cases brought against the government "by groups alleging that their tax-exempt status was delayed by the IRS based on inappropriate criteria." (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Government reaches settlement against pro-Israel nonprofit targeted by the IRS

Margot Cleveland · February 2, 2018 10:43 pm

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democratic attempts to circumvent tax law ‘dead on arrival,’ Kevin Brady says

Joseph Lawler · January 29, 2018 10:31 pm

Judicial Watch doesn't believe the text messages are unavailable. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Conservative watchdog sues DOJ for text messages of ex-Mueller team members Peter Strzok, Lisa Page

Diana Stancy Correll · January 24, 2018 10:05 pm

The Email Privacy Act is supported by many outside groups, including the Heritage Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Chamber of Commerce, along with companies that provide email services, such as Google.

This email privacy bill is wildly popular. So, why won’t it pass?

Steven Nelson · January 23, 2018 5:01 am

‘Jersey Shore’ star ‘The Situation’ pleads guilty to tax fraud

Kelly Cohen · January 19, 2018 7:13 pm

Lois Lerner, the head of the IRS unit at the heart of the scandal, retired with a full pension, and no disciplinary action was taken against any IRS employee. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Beltway Confidential

Remember the IRS targeting scandal? No one ever got punished for it

Bradley A. Smith · January 18, 2018 8:55 pm

Article I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to coin money and regulate its value. But most members of Congress aren't even aware of the idea that blockchain technology could threaten the institution's control of money.

Will the government start regulating bitcoin?

Joseph Lawler · January 16, 2018 5:01 am