The sweet deal that resolved the president's fatally flawed lawsuit against the IRS was business as usual at the DOJ, his attorneys told a federal judge.
The president himself has repeatedly contradicted that claim.
Blanche is happy to pervert justice in service of the president's personal agenda. No wonder Trump wants to keep him as attorney general.
An addendum to the president's "settlement" of his lawsuit against the IRS shields him and his family from liability for any federal offenses they committed prior to May 19.
The Justice Department signals a retreat from defending the blatantly corrupt scheme, which provoked vigorous objections from Republican lawmakers.
One order temporarily blocks money for the president's "Anti-Weaponization Fund." The other asks whether the agreement is a fraudulent "product of collusion."
Using taxpayer money to reward the president’s allies has nothing to do with the president's claims against the IRS.
Despite the administration's arguments, a multibillion-dollar settlement fund with no judicial oversight is fairly unprecedented.
In one lawsuit after another, the president has claimed damages in amounts completely disconnected from reality.
The federal government is still fighting to collect nonprofit donor information despite Supreme Court warnings that such demands chill free speech.
An armed IRS agent roaming the streets should send shivers down the spine of any freedom-loving American.
Too many courts ignore the Eighth Amendment’s ban on excessive fines.
The government says the money will go to a fund for those "who suffered weaponization and lawfare," but it's more likely a slush fund for Trump and his cronies.
Proposals sold as targeting extreme wealth would fundamentally change how Americans are taxed—turning any ownership into a recurring liability for the middle class.
The stand has been so successful that IRS lawyer Isaac Stein intends to continue his hot dog hustle on weekends.
The agency has proposed excluding tips received from "pornographic activity" from a new tipped wage deduction.
Charles Littlejohn exposed hundreds of thousands of Americans’ private tax returns and undermined the nation’s voluntary tax system. His five-year sentence shouldn’t be reduced.
Just as it was a scandal when the IRS under Obama allegedly targeted Tea Party groups.
We still need real tax reform and much lower federal spending.
ICE wants to access confidential IRS data to locate tax-paying undocumented immigrants and boost detention numbers.
The administration shows no coherent commitment to free market principles and is in fact actively undermining them.
A Supreme Court case could determine whether Americans own their digital data—or whether the government can take that information without a warrant.
Plus: China's baby bust, tough talk on the Ukraine war, and more...
That's what could happen if undocumented immigrants decide not to file their taxes, according to an estimate by The Budget Lab at Yale.
It’s not the reform we need, but it’s welcome relief from ravenous and unpopular tax collectors.
The Senate minority leader mocked anti-tax, anti-government views held by most Americans.
Plus: "Is any criticism of the government a deportable offense?" and more...
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Taxing tips generates practically no revenue, burdens workers, and fuels pointless IRS audits.
The high cost of complying with our tax code encourages wasteful tax avoidance strategies and distorts work and investment decisions.
Some IRS offices routinely threw away sensitive material with regular trash, while others used unlocked or damaged storage bins.
One in four kids will be the victim of identity theft or fraud. Here's how the government is making it worse.
Most people don't realize it, but if you're a U.S. citizen, the IRS wants to know about all the money you earn, no matter where in the world you earn it.
Americans spent an estimated $133 billion and 6.5 billion hours filing their tax returns in 2024.
The IRS fines hostages for taxes they couldn't pay while they were detained. A bill in Congress is trying to fix this.
The Biden administration's $60 billion expansion of the IRS has netted $1 billion in new revenue so far.
Plus: In defense of cigarettes, independent voters in the Hamptons, IRS data-privacy settlement, and more...
Just the latest development in the continuing saga of COVID stimulus fraud.
The House Oversight and Education committees are investigating the sources of “malign influence” behind campus protests. They’re using tactics Republicans used to hate.
It supposedly bans financing terrorism, but that's already illegal. It's really a power grab for the secretary of the treasury.
There are many pervasive myths about the U.S. tax code. Here are a few.
According to IRS guidance, any income derived from illegal activity is taxable, and there's no statute of limitations on when they can go after you.
Wealthier Americans pay a record share of federal taxes, but voters (and President Joe Biden) believe they're freeloading.
Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of left-leaning thinkers who also hold libertarian ideas.
Plus: Ethan Mollick on AI, Nancy Pelosi's kente cloth, hurricanes may destroy us all, and more...
The Department of Justice is suing several tax preparers for filing fraudulent returns, but even honest filers risk running afoul of tax laws.
The president wants to raise the rate from 21 percent to 28 percent, despite it being well-established that this is the most economically-destructive method to raise government funds.
I shouldn't have to spend so much money on an accountant every year. But I don't really have a choice.
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