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Business Taxes: TaxVox

Too Many IRS Audits of Big Businesses Result In No Change In Tax Liability

Change can be good, right? Maybe or maybe not. But if you are the Internal Revenue Service, “no change” audits never are good. And, for...
April 19, 2021Janet Holtzblatt
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Tax Fairness: President Trump, A Case Study

Yesterday, I testified before the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight on “tax fairness,” and the hearing spotlighted the reporting of new details on President...
October 14, 2020Steven M. Rosenthal
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That Stubborn Tax Gap

About 82 percent of individual and business taxes due are paid voluntarily and on time. But not all taxpayers pay all they owe. Thus, the...
July 17, 2019Robert A. Weinberger
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The IRS Data Book Tells A Story of Shrinking Staff, Fewer Audits, and Less Customer Service.

The IRS published its annual trove of tax statistics Internal Revenue Service Data Book, 2018 on May 20. On its face, the volume is a...
June 7, 2019Robert A. Weinberger
Business Taxes: TaxVox

President Trump As Role Model: Avoiding Taxes For Sport

Do you consider not paying taxes “sport?” The President of the United States says he does. And that raises serious concerns about the stability of our volumtary tax system.
May 8, 2019Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Neal Will Need More Of Trump's Tax Returns

House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal will need more than six years of President Trump’s income tax returns...
April 5, 2019Steven M. Rosenthal
Business Taxes: TaxVox

The Post-TCJA’s Race To the Bottom

Corporations, owners of partnerships and other pass-through businesses, and millions of ordinary individual taxpayers are scrambling to understand how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...
April 5, 2018Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The IRS Audit Rate is Plummeting. Does It Matter?

The IRS has reported that its overall audit rate is continuing to fall , especially for businesses and high-income individual taxpayers. The Service audits less...
April 2, 2018Howard Gleckman
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Tax Season: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over

The IRS and the ACA: Working hard and working well. The IRS, thanks to years of preparation since the Affordable Care Act became law in 2010, has managed the current tax filing season smoothly, according to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen , even with new ACA burdens and IRS budget cutbacks . “It's
April 13, 2015Renu Zaretsky
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Charting a Course for Tax Reform: Might Feel Familiar, Won’t Be Easy

On the Hill: Taxpayer protection sought, tax reform input needed. The Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing today on protecting taxpayers from scams during the current tax filing season. Yesterday, panel Chairman Orrin Hatch and Ranking Member Ron Wyden announced their effort to solicit ideas on
March 12, 2015Renu Zaretsky