Examining claim that most of fired IRS agents were trained to audit billionaires and corporations
In March 2025, a rumor spread online that most of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents that U.S. President Donald ...
Scammers stole their savings, and then the tax bill arrived
The bills arise because victims pulled from individual retirement accounts or 401(k) plans, where money is taxed when it’s ...
Elon Musk's DOGE cuts to the IRS threaten to cost more than DOGE will ever save
None of the IRS employees who spoke to ProPublica would disclose specific taxpayer information, citing privacy laws. With the ...
Average tax refunds so far in 2025 are up 7.5% but IRS still receiving fewer early returns
The IRS has issued more than 29.6 million individual income tax refunds through Feb. 21, up 2.3% from a year ago.
Former IRD tax agent gets home detention for decade-long fraud
A former Inland Revenue tax agent has received the maximum length of home detention possible for sustained tax fraud after ...
Long Island tax preparer bilked IRS out of $12M in COVID scheme she used to buy jewelry, a Honda — and even a house in DR: prosecutors
Damaris Beltre, 57, filed false tax returns for her clients between 2021 and 2024, and launched a scheme to illegally obtain ...
DOGE aims to cut these 7 California IRS offices. What does the IRS do, how can I get help?
The Trump administration is cutting staff and closing federal offices, but you can still talk to a real person at the IRS. Here's how.
The IRS Bleeds
It's not clear they ever really did hire all those new agents and paper-filers; the IRS remains a little under 100,000 strong ...
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Examining claim that most of fired IRS agents were trained to audit billionaires and corporations
In March 2025, a rumor spread online that most of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents that U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) fired were forensic ...
When it doubt, check it out: Don’t fall for these common IRS scams this tax season
Scammers are constantly finding new ways to trick people into giving up their personal information or hard-earned money. One ...
Richest Americans, big businesses might welcome IRS cuts, officials say
The Internal Revenue Service’s burgeoning efforts to more closely inspect the taxes of some of the country’s richest people ...
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How the IRS can crack down on ghost tax return preparers
Indeed, thousands of tax return preparers systematically subvert the tax return filing process, rob the Treasury of revenue and undermine taxpayers’ faith in the system.