Two Cheers for Extended Tax Cuts and an IRS in Chaos It’s not the reform we need, but it’s welcome relief from ravenous and unpopular tax collectors. Reason · Apr 11, 2025
IRS agrees to share tax information of undocumented immigrants with Ice Agreement between IRS and DHS will give unprecedented access to immigration enforcers to aid in deportations The Guardian - US · Apr 8, 2025
Internal Revenue Service agrees to send immigrant tax data to ICE for enforcement The Internal Revenue Service has agreed to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S. That's according to a document signed by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2025
From business exports to veteran care − here’s what some of the 35,000 federal workers in the Philadelphia region do Layoffs of federal employees and cutbacks to federal agencies have direct consequences for the Philadelphia area. The Conversation · Apr 3, 2025
ICE Nearing Deal With IRS to Get Addresses of Suspected Undocumented Migrants: Report The Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are working on an agreement under which the IRS would use the tax data of people suspected of being in the country illegally in order to authenticate names and addresses. Latin Times · Mar 23, 2025
DOGE threat: How government data would give an AI company extraordinary power The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has secured unprecedented access to at least seven sensitive federal databases, including those of the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration. This access has sparked fears about cybersecurity vulnerabilities and privacy violations. Another concern has received far less attention: the potential use… The Conversation · Mar 6, 2025
Trump Admin Pressures IRS to Hand Over 700,000 Addresses of Immigrants to be Deported Department of Homeland Security directed the Internal Revenue Service to turn over the addresses of roughly 700,000 immigrants it is seeking to deport. Latin Times · Mar 6, 2025
Musk waves gifted chainsaw at CPAC The DOGE head chuckled and growled as he waved around the favorite prop of Argentina's president Salon · Feb 21, 2025
Trump Wants to 'Abolish the IRS,' New Commerce Secretary Says Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick revealed another one of the Trump administration's controversial goals: abolishing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Latin Times · Feb 20, 2025
DOGE being at the IRS could delay your tax refund, Democrat senator says Gavin Kliger, 25, reportedly visited the tax-collection agency’s District of Columbia offices to examine its systems The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2025
IRS is cracking down on your online income. What to know Millions more taxpayers with online side hustles will receive 1099-K tax forms this month The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025
Tax season 2025: Everything you need to know about deadlines, refunds, audits and more IRS will begin accepting and processing 2024 returns on Jan. 27. Fortune · Jan 21, 2025
Trump ordered a hiring freeze on new IRS agents. Could it impact your tax return? The 2025 tax filing season is set to start next week The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025
Trump Announces 'External Revenue Service' To Collect Tariffs And Foreign Revenue "It is time for that to change. I am today announcing that I will create the EXTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE to collect our Tariffs, Duties, and all Revenue that come from Foreign sources," Trump wrote in a post. International Business Times · Jan 15, 2025
Salon · Jan 14, 2025 Trump wants "External Revenue Service" The president-elect's latest proclamation on Truth Social lacked details but appeared to reinforce his tariff plan
The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2024 IRS is sending unclaimed stimulus checks to 1 million taxpayers. How to find out if you’re one of them These payments will be automatically sent to eligible taxpayers by the end of the month
Reason · Nov 14, 2024 Abolish the Federal Alcohol Tax and Regulation System The states already overregulate alcohol. There's no need for a federal layer of red tape.
Reason · Nov 13, 2024 FEMA's Targeting of Trump Supporters Makes the Case for Less Government Government agencies and officials can’t be trusted, so we should give them less to do.
Fortune · Nov 1, 2024 Why the ultra wealthy are renouncing their U.S. citizenship The ultrawealthy are joining “accidental Americans” in renouncing their passports.
The Conversation · Sep 26, 2024 How the US government can stop ‘churches’ from getting treated like real churches by the IRS The Family Research Council is a conservative advocacy group with a “biblical worldview.” While it has a church ministries department that works with churches from several evangelical Christian denominations that share its perspectives, it does not represent a single denomination. Although its activities are primarily focused on policy, advocacy, government…
The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2024 Coca-Cola to pay $6 billion in IRS back taxes case while appealing judge's decision Coca-Cola Co. says it will pay $6 billion in back taxes and interest to the Internal Revenue Service while it appeals a federal tax court decision in a case dating back 17 years
International Business Times · Jul 11, 2024 IRS Collects Over $1 Billion From Millionaires In Back Taxes In Less Than One Year The IRS achieved a milestone in collecting more than $1 billion from wealthy American taxpayers in less than a year since passing legislation to add more agents.
Top News · Jun 21, 2024 IRS Finds Majority Of Employee Retention Credit Claims Improper IRS review finds majority of Employee Retention Credit claims at risk of being improper due to fraud, with billions expected to be denied.
The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2024 IRS says 'vast majority' of 1 million pandemic-era credit claims show a risk of being improper The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday a review of 1 million claims for the Employee Retention Credit representing $86 billion shows the “vast majority” are at risk of being improper
InsideEVs · Apr 15, 2024 The U.S. Paid $580 Million In Point-Of-Sale EV Tax Credits So Far This Year The U.S. government's support scheme seems to be pretty popular, with the IRS receiving about 100,000 time-of-sale EV reports so far.