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U.S. Senate panel hammers Apple over offshore tax strategies
ReutersBy Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Apple Inc came under fire on Tuesday at a Senate hearing over an investigation that alleged the U.S. high technology icon has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries and paid...Tags: Politics, Government, Tim Cook, Republic of Ireland, John McCain
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At heart of IRS scandal: flawed 501(c)(4) rules
Congress passes laws and usually the appropriate agency can write regulations implementing the law. However, the regulations cannot contradict the law. Nevertheless, with respect to the tax law provision 501(c)(4), that is exactly what happened. Under...
Tags: Lawyers, Tea Party Movement, Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Timeline: Events in IRS 'Tea Party' scrutiny scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A controversy at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service involving extra scrutiny in 2010-2012 of politically conservative groups is dominating the political agenda in Washington, with congressional hearings set for Tuesday and Wednesday....Tags: Darrell E Issa, White House, Denis R. McDonough, Tea Party Movement, Political Fundraising
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Tea Party group sues IRS over inappropriate targeting
Reuters(Reuters) - A California-based Tea Party group sued the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Monday in what marked the first lawsuit to stem from an investigation finding the agency singled-out conservative organizations. In a lawsuit filed in U.S....Tags: Litigation, Trials, White House, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Factbox: Four key questions in the unfolding IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional and Justice Department investigators are examining the Internal Revenue Service over its inappropriate scrutiny of conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. President Barack Obama, seeking to contain the...Tags: Darrell E Issa, Government, White House, Denis R. McDonough, Eric Holder
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Keeping a watchful eye on IRS
The popular impression is that President Barack Obama's Internal Revenue Service harassed only tea party and patriot-like groups seeking tax-exempt status. If it were only so. Allegations of IRS harassment of pro-life and religious groups reach as far...
Tags: Politics, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Social Issues, Tea Party Movement, Focus on the Family
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Toomey, Casey to grill officials on IRS controversy
WASHINGTON – Pennsylvania's two U.S. senators both worry the controversy surrounding the Internal Revenue Service could slow progress in an already divisive and stymied Washington. Democrat Bob Casey and Republican Pat Toomey spoke out Monday...Tags: Finance, White House, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Tea Party Movement, U.S. Congress
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IRS officials back on Capitol Hill hot seat over targeting
Reuters* Former IRS head Shulman to give first public testimony * Lawmakers seek specifics about who knew of practice, and when By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel will try on Tuesday to pry more details out of current and...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Finance, White House, Tea Party Movement, George W. Bush
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COLUMN: Tyranny is no longer 'lurking'
Given last week's revelation that the IRS targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, it's worth recalling President Barack Obama's Ohio State University commencement address. The president decried "voices" warning "that tyranny is always...Tags: Personal Income, Politics, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Tea Party Movement, Mitt Romney
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Minnesota legislature OKs new higher top income tax bracket
ReutersMINNEAPOLIS, May 20 (Reuters) - Minnesota's lawmakers on Monday approved a bill that would raise more than $2 billion for the upcoming two-year budget through income and other tax increases, allowing the state to close a $627 million structural budget...Tags: Labor Disputes, Mall of America, Public Officials, Government, Personal Income
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Congress, the tea party and the IRS: Sentence first, then the trial
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama fired the head of the Internal Revenue Service, the first sacrificial lamb brought down after the alleged "targeting" of conservative political groups by the IRS. Mr. Obama declared, "Americans are right to be angry...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, John Boehner, Media Industry, U.S. Congress, Entertainment Events
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Letters: Tax troubles for the White House
Re "Scandal born of vague IRS laws," News Analysis, May 17, and "Ousted IRS chief defends agency," May 18 The outcry against the IRS over its targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status is justifiable. The IRS has two obligations when...
Tags: Politics, Tea Party Movement, Internal Revenue Service
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