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Congress: Tax split

Source: MSNBC Blogs, Dec 12 2012, 8:03am CST

Circulating on Capitol Hill… a letter from the National Taxpayers Union, signed by 180 economists, including two former OMB directors, Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Jim Miller, warning of "significant, lasting damage" if tax ...

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8 hours ago

Rules and politics

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  |   May 20 2013, 11:13pm CDT

Why would Tea Party organizations be eligible for tax-exempt status when the Democratic and Republican parties are not? When I donate to the political party of my choice, I do not get a tax exemption for that donation ...

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11 hours ago

Congress Says Apple Sheltered $44 Billion From Taxes

Source: Legit Reviews  |   May 20 2013, 8:02pm CDT

“What we intend to do is to highlight that gimmick and other Apple offshore avoidance tactics so that American working families, who pay their share of taxes, understand how offshore tax loopholes raise their tax burden and h ...

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22 weeks ago


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Camp calls for tax reform in wake of IRS controversy

Source: The Politico  |   May 19 2013, 11:29am CDT

The country needs a “fairer, flatter, more efficient tax code" in the wake of the IRS targeting conservative groups, Rep. Dave Camp said on Sunday. NBC “Meet the Press” host David Gregory asked the chairman of the House ...

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2 days ago

Josh Silver: Secrets Revealed: Corruption, Money and Power In Washington

Source: The Huffington Post  |   May 18 2013, 8:21am CDT

Money in politics corruption is universally reviled by the American public. It blocks progress on most issues, squanders billions of dollars from philanthropists and stymies the most skillful public interest advocates. It even drives issue ...

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3 days ago

The Real Scandal in Tea Party’s Tax-Code Abuse: That It Erodes American Democracy

Source: Vanity Fair  |   May 17 2013, 2:40pm CDT

I’m not all that outraged that the I.R.S. held up applications by Tea Party groups for tax-exempt status. I’m outraged that any of them—or their liberal counterparts—qualify for that status at all. Unfortunately, given the way this I.R.S. scandal slid ...

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3 days ago

Republican split in Mo. Senate kills transportation sales tax

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch  |   May 17 2013, 12:34pm CDT

This file photo shows heavy traffic along westbound Interstate 70 in 2002. Post-Dispatch photo. In its final day of the legislative session, the Missouri House has been working swiftly to approve bills and send them to Gov. Jay Nixon for … Read more J ...

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3 days ago

The IRS and its tea party tempest

Source: Boston.com  |   May 17 2013, 11:13am CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service is feeling the sort of heat that targeted taxpayers feel from the tax agency. It’s the sense that a powerful someone is breathing down your neck. Republicans in Congress are livid with the IRS over its syste ...

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3 days ago

Former acting IRS commissioner Steve Miller testifies in Congress: "I do not believe that partisanship motivated the people..."

Source: Althouse  |   May 17 2013, 10:39am CDT

The other quote I'm seeing attributed to him in the hearing today is this: "It was incorrect but not untruthful." Let's see how that worked for Scooter Libby. This makes no sense. Even Democratic leadership in Massachusetts has acknowledged that ...

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3 days ago

Official still probing political pressure on IRS

Source: TheNewsTribune.com  |   May 17 2013, 8:40am CDT

tool goes here The Treasury Department's top investigator for tax matters is telling Congress that he is still investigating whether outside political pressure caused the Internal Revenue Service to improperly target conservative groups seeking ta ...

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