Tag: taxes
IRS Contractor Charged with Leaking Tax Return Information of Trump, Wealthy...
(AP) A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service was charged Friday with leaking tax information to news outlets about thousands of the country's...
IRS Announces Crack Down on Millionaires to Collect Back Taxes
(AP) The IRS announced on Friday it is launching an effort to aggressively pursue 1,600 millionaires and 75 large business partnerships that owe hundreds...
Most States Have Yet to Permanently Fund 988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline
(Christina Saint Louis, KFF) Since the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline transitioned a year ago to the three-digit crisis phone number 988, there has been...
IRS Lost Millions of Taxpayer Records that Could Be Used for...
(The Center Square) The Internal Revenue Service lost millions of taxpayer records and federal employees don’t know where they have gone.
Lawmakers want answers and...
IRS Aims to Go Paperless by 2025 as Part of Its...
(AP) Most taxpayers will be able to digitally submit a slew of tax documents and other communications to the IRS next filing season as...
IRS Is Ending Unannounced Visits to Taxpayers to Protect Worker Safety...
(AP) The Internal Revenue Service said Monday it is ending its decades-old policy of making unannounced home and business visits, in an effort to...
California’s New ‘Gas Price-Gouging Law’ Flunks the Basic Economics Test
(Jon Miltimore, FEE) Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) took to Twitter earlier this week to crow about California ’s “first-in-the-nation” gas price-gouging law designed to prevent oil companies from overcharging consumers.
“A...
More States Drop Sales Tax on Disposable Diapers to Boost Affordability
(KFF Health News) Shirley Bloxom can’t forget the pride-swallowing shame she felt asking friends and church members for financial help.
After surgery left her husband...
Why the ‘Super Wealthy’ Are Fleeing Norway at a Historic Pace
(Jon Miltimore, FEE) In 2022 Norway’s third richest man, Kjell Inge Røkke, announced in an open letter to shareholders he was moving to Lugano,...
As Fuel Taxes Plummet, States Weigh Charging by the Mile Instead...
(AP) Evan Burroughs has spent eight years touting the virtues of an Oregon pilot program charging motorists by the distance their vehicle travels rather...
