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Senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP...
Tags: Politics, Chuck Grassley, Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Congress
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Official: IRS has put a lien on Walkerton library
WALKERTON, Ind. (AP) — An auditor for a northern Indiana county says the Internal Revenue Service has placed a lien on a public library that has been closed since last month. According to St. Joseph County Auditor Pete Mullen, the I-R-S says the...
Tags: Politics, Arts and Culture, Libraries, Internal Revenue Service, Accounting and Auditing
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Income taxes could go up in Benton Harbor
WSBT-TVBENTON HARBOR, Mich. – If you live or work in Benton Harbor you could be paying more in taxes if a proposed city income tax is approved. The council is just studying the idea right now, according to Benton Harbor Mayor James Hightower. On...Tags: Politics, Personal Income
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Newly released IRS video shows employees dancing
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service has provided Congress with another video featuring its employees, this one showing about a dozen of them practicing dancing on a stage. The video, which lasts under three minutes, comes weeks after it...
Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Politics, Washington, DC, Internal Revenue Service
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IRS and Dept. of Treasury raid South Bend home
SOUTH BEND – Federal agents raided a South Bend home on Wednesday. Several IRS and Department of Treasury officials were at the home in the 2700 block of Edison. Some were taking pictures and going in and out of the home. A spokesperson from...Tags: Politics, Internal Revenue Service
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New Indiana tax credit aids natural gas vehicles
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana lawmaker says a new state tax credit for natural gas-powered vehicles will create jobs, improve the environment and reduce Indiana's dependence on foreign oil. A law signed by Gov. Mike Pence provides a three-year...Tags: Credit and Debt, Politics, Hybrid Vehicles, Energy Resources, Mike Pence
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Mich. disabled vets could see property tax relief
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some disabled veterans living in Michigan could get some relief next tax season under legislation being debated in the state Senate. Two different bills passed by the Senate Finance Committee last week have one aim: to...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Politics, Disabled American Veterans, American Legion, Physical Disabilities
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House chairman sees IRS errors as part of pattern
ALAN FRAM,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service's improper use of tougher scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status seems part of a broader pattern of intimidation and cover-ups by the Obama administration, a top House Republican said...Tags: Charles W. Boustany, Jr., U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Politics, Internal Revenue Service
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2nd IRS official to leave amid tea party scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) — As second top Internal Revenue Service official has announced plans to leave the agency amid the controversy over the targeting of tea party groups. An internal IRS memo says Joseph Grant, commissioner of the agency's tax...Tags: Politics, Washington, DC, Internal Revenue Service
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Dems, GOP raise concerns over subpoenas to AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of a House panel told Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at The Associated Press. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Justice and Rights, Freedom of the Press, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Civil Rights
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Obama says IRS commissioner has resigned amid scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party...Tags: Politics, Jim Jordan, Justice and Rights, Judges, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013)
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Ind. schools seeing more success with tax hikes
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana school districts that won voters' approval last week for the majority of the tax increases they had sought to boost school funding may be becoming more skilled at selling the public on the need for those tax hikes, say...Tags: Politics, Referenda, Elections, Voting
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