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Holding back the IRS isn't smart


Regarding the Dec. 18 front-page article “Besieged IRS loses 'will' for oversight”: It appears that the Internal Revenue Service is being forced to observe political correctness and, sadly, places much of the blame on former Exempt Organization ...

EXCLUSIVE: Trump's Mar-a-Lago tax deal veiled from IRS review


President Donald Trump speaks recently from the living room of Mar-a-Lago. (Greg Lovett / The Palm Beach Post). The tax bill President Donald Trump signed this week scraps a number of deductions, but his favorite one is still there. It's an obscure tax ...

IRS targeting settlement as scary as the scandal


In this May 22, 2013 file photo, Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner walks out of a House Oversight Committee hearing after refusing to answer questions about the extra scrutiny the IRS gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that ...

15 red flags that will get you audited by the IRS


For Equifax, the ramifications were felt immediately as the company's Customer Service reps were swamped with irate callers. To try to quell the furor, the company rolled out free identity theft protection and credit monitoring — but hidden in the ...

Watch out for this IRS phone scam


First, I have no pending income tax issues. Second, I would assume if I had tax issues, the IRS would send me an official letter or notification. And a call would not come from a man who sounded like he was in a busy shopping mall or noisy call center ...

Warning: Bitcoin Profits Are Considered Taxable Income by the IRS


As the IRS and other tax authorities scrutinize cryptocurrency transactions like never before, it's important to know how investors should manage and track their tax liability. ByTanzeel Akhtar. Dec 5, 2017 2:44 PM EST. Read as Single Page. It may not ...

Ohio AG DeWine wants Lois Lerner's IRS testimony unsealed in tea party case


Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has thrown his support behind efforts to unseal testimony by two former IRS officials at the center of the tea party scandal of 2013. A federal judge previously sealed the depositions of former IRS divisional director ...

With fake IDs, three Georgia men collected $666537, prosecutors say


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Coinbase Ordered to Hand IRS Data on 14000 Users


Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been ordered to disclose details of more than 14,000 customers to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Following a lengthy legal battle between the two entities, the San-Francisco district court ruled Tuesday ...

Iowa police officer hilariously mocks 'IRS,' 'Microsoft' phone scammers in tutorial videos


"If we give you a chance to rectify the situation, do you think you could make the payment of $5,764.23 right now?" Snyder: "I might be able to swing that, but the 23 cents might be the breaker." It was all downhill from there for this scammer. "When ...

IRS Wins Bitcoin Fight, Gets Access to 14000 Coinbase Accounts


Bitcoin speculators aren't the only ones who stand to cash in from the crypto-currency boom. Uncle Sam is now set to collect back taxes from thousands of customers of a digital currency exchange who failed to report bitcoin transactions. In a ruling on ...

Massive Indian Call Center IRS Fraud Scheme Unravels, as Last Defendant in Federal US Case Pleads Guilty


A massive call center fraud scheme, based in Gujarat, unraveled as the last suspect, Indian American Miteshkumar Patel, pleaded guilty to help mastermind the operation. Patel reportedly liquidated about $25 million in victims' funds. (Representational ...

How Nigerian Scammers Stole $11 Million From the IRS in One of the Biggest Tax Frauds in US History


(SALEM, Ore.) — A Nigerian man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for his role in the bilking of over $11 million via an identity-theft scheme from the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Attorney's office for Oregon said Tuesday. An ...

IRS Sets Inflation Adjustments for 2018 Tax Provisions, Rate Schedules


The IRS has released inflation adjustments on more than 50 changes to tax provisions and rate schedules for tax year 2018, including minimal increments on personal exemptions and exclusion of income earned abroad. Advertisement. Revenue Procedure 2017 ...

IRS chief departs, blasting Congress for budget cuts threatening tax agency


Leaving can be liberating. Republican Sens. Bob Corker (Tenn.) and Jeff Flake (Ariz.) have demonstrated that with their caustic criticisms of President Trump. Now it's John Koskinen's turn. Thursday is his last day as commissioner of the Internal ...

IRS settles tea party cases for millions and an apology


The IRS on Thursday tentatively settled two lawsuits brought by conservative tea party groups targeted for extra scrutiny earlier this decade, apologizing for its conduct in one and agreeing to a multimillion-dollar payout in the other. "Good God, yes ...

Four years later, the IRS tea party scandal looks very different. It may not even be a scandal.


Indeed, the original claims by Republicans were widely reported “without much investigation,” said DeWayne Wickham, dean of the journalism school at Morgan State University and a former columnist for USA Today. News organizations, Wickham said, “do ...

IRS Gives Trump Staff Financials to Mueller's Russia Investigation


The IRS has given Special Counsel Robert Mueller financial information for members of the Trump presidential campaign and administration. The documents may include tax returns and supporting information such as real estate or banking records, reports ...

IRS is sharing information with Mueller


The IRS is now reportedly cooperating with the Mueller investigation after the two clashed earlier this year regarding the scope of Mueller's requests, which the IRS believed were too broad, according to CNN. The report specifically singles out Paul ...

The Unaccountable IRS


Their electric vehicles will be eligible for any tax credit made-in-the-USA cars get—currently $7,500 on the first 200,000 such vehicles. Since our companies have just about hit that ceiling, and the Chinese companies have not, China will have a $7 ...

IRS grants relief to Hurricane Irma victims


Taxpayers who live in one of 16 counties that FEMA has designated as eligible for damage reimbursement will have extended filing and payment deadlines as well as the ability to make hardship withdrawals from 401(k) and other employer-sponsored ...

Hurricane Irma: IRS extends deadlines for taxpayers hit by storm


Taxpayers now have until Jan. 31 to file some individual and business tax returns and to make certain payments, the IRS said. For instance, the IRS is giving taxpayers extra time to make quarterly estimated payments for 2017 normally due Sept. 15 and Jan.

The real IRS scandal isn't Lois Lerner — or her critics


The Sept. 9 Digest item “Ex-IRS official won't be charged in scandal” noted that the ex-Internal Revenue Service official will not be charged in the “mistreatment of conservative groups during the 2010 and 2012 elections.” It also quoted a statement of ...

IRS offers tax filing relief to Hurricane Irma victims in Florida and Puerto Rico


The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that Hurricane Irma victims in parts of Florida and other areas have until Jan. 31, 2018, to file some individual and business tax returns and make certain tax payments. The tax relief granted Tuesday by the ...

IRS Wins Captive Insurance Case


In a 109-page Tax Court ruling, the IRS recently won its case against a wealthy husband-and-wife business team and their questionable captive insurance company. Advertisement. Benyamin Avrahami and Orna Avrahami wrongly claimed as business-expense ...

Legitimate? IRS Defends Coinbase Customer Investigation in Court Filing


The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has filed new court documents in its long-running lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange startup Coinbase, public records show. As previously reported by CoinDesk, the IRS is seeking to identify potential tax ...

IRS sues disgraced ex-lawyer Prins


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It Looks Like New Bitcoin Millionaires Are Avoiding the IRS


As Bitcoin continues its humongous run, soaring to new highs again this month, more and more investors are flocking to the cryptocurrency. Get-rich-quick artists and even mainstream investors are riveted by Bitcoin's 353% year-to-date return and the ...

The IRS Has Special Software to Find Bitcoin Tax Cheats


One benefit of using bitcoin is the digital currency can be anonymous—its owners can move money around the world without revealing who they are. Well, in theory at least. In reality, bitcoin is less secret than people think. The latest reminder of ...

Architect of a scary IRS phone scam has made his last call for now


Anandkumar Nayee moved from India to Miami during the two years and four months he and his cohorts spent scaring money out of people using an IRS phone-call scam. Nayee, 27, will stay in Miami for another three years and four months, the length of his ...

IRS penalizes more taxpayers for underpayment of estimated taxes


The Internal Revenue Service has seen a surge in recent years of taxpayers underpaying their estimated taxes and paying the penalty for it. The number of taxpayers who were penalized increased nearly 40 percent from 7.2 million to 10 million filers ...

Payroll Company Owes IRS Almost $27 Million


PMI is fully operational and it continues to provide the same level of Customer Service that it has successfully provided for 31 years." We contacted several local attorneys and asked them, hypothetically, would the IRS go after local businesses for ...

IRS Issues ITIN Expiry Notices


Inform your clients: The IRS has begun mailing notices to more than a million taxpayers that their Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) will expire at the end of this year. Advertisement. Affected taxpayers are those with ITINs with the ...

Hara Arena — Hamvention's Former Home — to be Auctioned by IRS


Hara Arena, the former home of Hamvention®, is going on the auction block, the IRS has announced. The now-beleaguered building and grounds were closed a year ago last month by its owners, the Wampler Family, which had attempted for years, ...

14000 Coinbase Customers Could Be Affected by IRS Tax Summons


Digital currency exchange startup Coinbase is pushing back against a renewed court effort by the Internal Revenue Service to obtain information on some of its customers. Earlier this month, the IRS sought to narrow the scope of its investigation of the ...

IRS scammers target Annville residents


Annville police are warning residents about a telephone scam involving someone who identifies themselves as an IRS agent. The police department received 11 reports between 12:40 a.m and 3:30 p.m. Thursday from people who said they received phone ...

Judge Blasts IRS Over Bitcoin Probe, Lets Coinbase Customer Fight Summons


A federal judge granted a bitcoin owner the right to intervene in a closely watched court case involving the digital currency exchange Coinbase while also upbraiding the Internal Revenue Service's demand for potentially millions of customer records. In ...

Social Security Warns On New Scheme Similar To IRS Phone Scams


If you have questions about any communication (email, letter, text or phone call) from any person claiming to be from SSA or the OIG, contact your local Social Security office or call Social Security's toll-free Customer Service number at 1.800.772 ...

Former IRS scammer explains how the con works


Jayesh Dubey, 19, worked in a call center in Mumbai, India. “When we picked up the call, we'd pretend to be the IRS officers,” said Dubey. “We started like, 'Hi, this is Officer Adam Smith. Thank you for calling the Internal Revenue Service. How May I ...

DMX Arrested for Withholding $1.7 Million From IRS, Faces 40 Years in Jail


Rapper DMX, also known as Earl Simmons, has been charged and arrested for “engaging in a multi-year scheme to conceal millions of dollars of income from the IRS,” noted the Department of Justice in a statement on Thursday. In the last seven years, ...

An IRS Lien Shows That Floyd Mayweather Owes $22.2 Million in Unpaid Taxes From 2015


(LAS VEGAS) — The IRS says it's still waiting for its cut from Floyd Mayweather Jr. from his nine-figure payday against Manny Pacquiao. The undefeated boxer nicknamed "Money" owes $22.2 million in taxes from 2015, according to a notice of a federal ...

IRS says Floyd Mayweather owes $22.2 million on 2015 taxes


LAS VEGAS (AP) — The IRS says boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. still owes $22.2 million in taxes from 2015, the year he earned his biggest payday with a blockbuster fight against Manny Pacquiao. A notice of a federal tax lien filed against the undefeated ...

IRS Says It Will Limit Bitcoin Audits—But Only a Bit


The Internal Revenue Service suggested it will scale back a sweeping probe of more than a million customer accounts at the popular digital currency exchange Coinbase, saying it will no longer seek password and security settings for the accounts.

THE LATEST IRS SCAM YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT


We're hearing reports of yet another new IRS-related scam that is being reported across the country. This summer, scammers are now telling potential victims that the IRS already sent two certified letters to the tax filer in the mail. But the scammers ...

Scammers now claiming the IRS already sent you 2 warnings


Con artists can make it appear as though the calls are originating from Washington, D.C., or elsewhere in the U.S. when they're really operating out of a call center overseas. The callers may know the last four digits of the victim's Social Security ...

IRS Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged for Q3 of 2017


Interest rates on tax overpayments and underpayments will stay at their current levels for the third quarter of 2017, the IRS announced on June 9. Advertisement. According to Revenue Ruling 2017-13, interest rates for the calendar quarter that begins ...

IRS Giving New Attention to Partnerships and Salaries


As an avid reader, I can tell you that recently I have seen article after article about how the IRS is beginning to scrutinize companies that are giving W-2s to partners and single-member LLCs that are disregarded entities. Advertisement. For example ...

IRS call centre scam: Key aid of Sagar Thakkar arrested in Delhi


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Corona man faces charges in India call-center IRS scam


A Corona resident is among 52 remaining defendants in a federal criminal case who are accused of defrauding victims via a fake IRS scheme or other ruses operated out of call centers in India. Dilipkumar Ambal Patel, also known as Don Patel, has pleaded ...

IRS Probe of Bitcoin Goes Too Far, GOP Warns


A closely-watched fight between the Internal Revenue Service and a popular bitcoin exchange took a new twist last week, as senior Republicans in Congress sent a sharply-worded letter that suggests the tax agency is overstepping its powers. The letter ...

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