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Biden signs $740bn health, climate, tax ‘Inflation Reduction Act’

The sweeping legislation includes the largest investment to fight climate change in US history.

Al Jazeera · Aug 16, 2022

How will the Inflation Reduction Act change the IRS?

The Inflation Reduction Act would double the number of employees and expand the auditing capacity of the IRS.

USAFacts · Aug 16, 2022

Biden signs major climate, health care and tax bill into law - Roll Call

President Joe Biden signed major legislation aimed at fighting climate change and lowering health care costs.

Roll Call · Aug 16, 2022

Commentary: Stop scapegoating the IRS

The ink is barely dry on the recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act, which allocates $80 billion over 10 years to help modernize IRS technology systems and provide more effective tax enforcement and collection. Yet already, Republican critics like Sen. John Thune of South Dakota are complaining that the needed funds…

Tribune News Service · Aug 16, 2022

Congress prods IRS to fix tax-return backlog, improve customer service

WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers are pressing the IRS to explain how it plans to relieve a backlog of tax returns that have delayed refunds and to detail what measures it’s taking to improve customer service.

Tribune News Service · Aug 16, 2022

GOP 'message laundering' turns violent, extremist reactions to search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago into acceptable political talking points

After the FBI completed a lawful search of former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Aug. 8, 2022, conservative politicians responded with one of three strategies: silence, circumspection and attack.

The Conversation · Aug 15, 2022

"87,000 IRS agents," guns and the GOP

The latest GOP lie isn't just a distraction — it's feeding the violent fantasies of the insurrectionist right

Salon · Aug 15, 2022

Something Upon Which Americans Can Agree: The FBI and the IRS Suck

Tax collectors and federal cops have always been rotten to the core.

Reason · Aug 15, 2022

Some Capitol rioters try to profit from their Jan. 6 crimes

Some of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are trying to profit from their participation in the deadly insurrection while they face the legal consequences for their crimes

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2022

The IRS just got $80 billion to beef up. A big goal? Going after rich tax dodgers

The big climate and health care bill passed by the House Friday includes billions in new funding for the IRS over the next decade. Most of that money is aimed at catching wealthy tax cheats.

WEKU · Aug 14, 2022