The U.S. Senate on March 9 voted to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee for commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Daniel “Danny” Werfel, confirmed in a 54-42 vote, managed to garner the support of several Senate Republicans and nearly all the chamber’s Democrats, save Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). “Mr. Werfel told the Finance Committee…

The Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee has raised allegations that the protected tax records of thousands of Americans were leaked to ProPublica for political purposes and he’s demanding to know what progress has been made by the Treasury Department investigations of the apparent leak. In June 2021, ProPublica published an article detailing…

In this economy, tight budgets may make it challenging to pay income taxes. This is true especially if you owe thousands of dollars. But what do you do if you can’t pay those taxes? Don’t go into a panic; you do have some options. File Regardless of Taxes Owed It can be alarming to realize…

A businessman whose initial fine of $50,000 for violating an obscure tax-filing rule ballooned to $2.72 million at the insistence of the IRS urged the Supreme Court on Nov. 2 to reduce the fine. The case came as the Biden administration’s attempts to beef up enforcement efforts by the IRS became an issue in the…

A businessman whose initial fine of $50,000 for violating an obscure tax-filing rule ballooned to $2.72 million at the insistence of the IRS urged the Supreme Court on Nov. 2 to reduce the fine. The case came as the Biden administration’s attempts to beef up enforcement efforts by the IRS became an issue in the…

A businessman whose initial fine of $50,000 for violating an obscure filing rule ballooned to $2.72 million at the insistence of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) urged the Supreme Court Nov. 2 to reduce the fine. The case came as the Biden administration’s attempts to beef up enforcement efforts by the IRS became an issue…

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced Friday it has 4,000 customer service representatives as part of efforts to prepare for the 2023 tax filing season. The 4,000 new hires, which the federal agency dubs a “milestone,” were recruited over the last several months and “are being trained to provide help to taxpayers, including answering phone questions,”…

In the Jan. 6 investigation, a federal judge on Oct. 19 ruled that former President Donald Trump’s former attorney John Eastman must turn over four emails to the January 6 Committee. The Internal Revenue Service will let Americans keep more of their income next year to help counter inflation. * Click the “Save” button below…

When Congress authorized $80 billion this year to beef up Internal Revenue Service enforcement and staffing, Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy invoked the language of war to warn that “Democrats’ new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you.” A video quickly went viral racking up millions of views, purporting to show…

House Republicans say they will keep a “watchful eye” on the Internal Revenue Service official tapped to run the centralized office housing 87,000 incoming new agents because she has ties to the IRS’ targeting of tea party groups during the Obama administration. The Daily Signal first reported that IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig had appointed Nikole Flax, commissioner in charge…