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Can a deeply divided United States Congress, in an election year, pull the iron out of the fire and agree on a key tax and spending bill that will save America from toppling over the so-called 'fiscal cliff' next year? Read full feature »
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US Senate Releases Paper On Housing Tax Reform Options , by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Last updated 4 hours ago | Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The Senate Finance Committee has released its sixth paper, on "Economic
and Community Development," which includes housing and mortgage tax incentives,
in a series compiling tax reform options that the Committee's members may wish
to consider as they work towards reforming the United States tax system. [
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US Accountants Comment On Home Office Deduction, by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Last updated 27 hours ago | Monday, May 20, 2013
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has recommended,
in a letter to the United States Internal Revenue Service, that the agency should re-evaluate
certain provisions of its optional safe harbor method for the home office deduction,
as proposed in a Revenue Procedure at the beginning of this year. [
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IRS Under Increased Pressure Over Tax-Exempt Targeting, by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Friday, May 17, 2013
Following its admission that its officers had targeted requests for tax exemption
from conservative "501(c)(4)" organizations, including Tea Party groups,
the United States Internal Revenue Service came under further pressure after a damning Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report, a
Department of Justice investigation and the resignation of its Acting Commissioner
Steve Miller. [
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IRS Admits Targeting Conservative Tax-Exempt Organizations, by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Thursday, May 16, 2013
President Barack Obama has joined with both Democrat and Republican lawmakers
in condemning the admission by the United States Internal Revenue Service that it has targeted audits against conservative tax-exempt non-profit "501(c)(4)"
organizations, including local Tea Party groups. [
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Tax Freedom Day Has Now Happened In All US States , by Leroy Baker, Tax-News.com, New York
Thursday, May 16, 2013
The Tax Foundation has confirmed that Tax Freedom Day, the date on which
United States taxpayers will have earned enough money to pay this year's
tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels, arrived for the last states
on May 13. [
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Opposition To Proposed US Fee On Canadian Border Crossing, by Leroy Baker, Tax-News.com, New York
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Patrick Leahy (D – Vermont), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee,
as well as the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, has
said that the Department of Homeland Security made a mistake in including
in its 2014 budget proposal a request for appropriations to study charging people
a "tax" for crossing land borders into the United States. [
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IRS Criminal Investigations Issues Annual Report , by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com,Washington
Thursday, May 16, 2013
The United States Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division has
released its 2012 Annual Report, highlighting strong gains in enforcement actions
and penalties imposed on convicted tax criminals. [
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