IRS Oversight Board

What’s so funny about taxes, love, and solidarity?

A couple of weeks ago I donated six cases of water to our neighbors in Flint, Michigan . I’m not alone. In an outpouring of love and solidarity for a city that’s been stuck with poisoned tap water for two years, average Americans and big-name celebrities from across the country have donated

February 2, 2016Renu Zaretsky

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Hits or Misses in Budgets and Courts?

News from the Hill: A compromise $1.1 trillion spending bill is expected to be released today. The House is scheduled to vote on the bill tomorrow and then adjourn for the year. The Senate will likely vote on Thursday, just hours before the December 11 deadline. The package will fund most of the

December 9, 2014Renu Zaretsky

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Don’t Turn Over IRS Debt Collections to Private Contractors

The latest example of why bipartisanship is not necessarily good: A bill proposed by senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Pat Roberts (R-KN) to require the IRS to hire private debt collectors. The last time Congress made the IRS try this, the agency lost money. It was a terrible idea then and it is a

May 22, 2014Howard Gleckman