by Jane Richey | Jan 5, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Fifty-four House Republicans on Thursday reintroduced legislation that would terminate the IRS and replace the system of income taxes on people and corporations with a consumption tax. The FairTax Act, from Rep. Rob Woodall (R-Ga.), would abolish the 16th Amendment,...
by Jane Richey | Jan 2, 2013 | Health Care
The law says an employer with 50 or more full-time employees may be subject to a tax penalty if it fails to offer coverage to “its full-time employees (and their dependents).” Employers asked for guidance, and the Obama administration provided it, saying that a...
by Jane Richey | Dec 18, 2012 | Health Care, Politics
House Republicans demanded more documents Monday in an investigation they hope will derail a key feature of President Obama’s healthcare law. Reps. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said the IRS redacted documents about how it decided to handle the...
by Jane Richey | Aug 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Voting Issues
The Treasury Department released a report this week that suggests supervisors in the Internal Revenue Service turned a blind eye to fraud in a program designed to collect taxes from immigrants, legal and illegal, resulting in the agency handing out potentially...
by Jane Richey | Aug 9, 2012 | Politics
The IRS showed more interest in processing applications for a taxpayer identification number than in vetting those requests for fraud, according to a federal audit publicly released Wednesday. The revenue service’s review of applications for Individual Taxpayer...
