IRS officials tell Congress they were unaware of targeting
Top Internal Revenue Service officials told Congress on Tuesday they were unaware of the agency’s targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny until recently and were not deliberately misleading lawmakers last year when they did not reveal the practice.
Tea Party plans protest outside Boston IRS office
Local Tea Party members are planning a protest outside the local IRS office in downtown Boston Tuesday afternoon.
Pressure builds on officials to take heat for IRS scandal
Pressure was building for the Obama administration to fire more people linked to the IRS’s scrutiny of conservative groups, possibly including top IRS official.
Obama tries to bounce back after tough week
President Barack Obama complained on Sunday that partisan battles in Washington are holding back stronger U.S. economic growth as he tried to recover from one of the most difficult weeks of his presidency.
Obama picks temporary IRS head as Tea Party rallies on scandal
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday chose a White House budget official to lead the beleaguered Internal Revenue Service temporarily and vowed to ensure that the tax-collection agency will not single out any more groups based on their political beliefs.
FBI opens criminal probe into IRS targeting of conservative groups
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered the FBI to open a criminal probe in a growing scandal over the [...]
Report: IRS kept shifting targets in tax-exempt groups scrutiny
When tax agents started singling out non-profit groups for extra scrutiny in 2010, they looked at first only for key words such as ‘Tea Party,’ but later they focused on criticisms by groups of “how the country is being run,” according to investigative findings
IRS chief: We deliberately hassled conservative groups during 2012 election
The Internal Revenue Service on Friday morning admitted that it targeted groups with the words “Tea Party or “patriot” in [...]
IRS warns of charity scams for Boston, Texas in wake of tragedies
In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings and Texas fertilizer plant explosion, scam artists may be impersonating charities to steal money or get private information from well-intentioned taxpayers.
Time running out to claim past tax refunds
The federal government may owe you money – and you have less than a month to collect it.