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Timeline: Events in IRS ‘Tea Party’ scrutiny scandal

August 24, 2021 at 3:03 p.m.

WASHINGTON (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...

Timeline: Events in IRS ‘Tea Party’ scrutiny scandal

May 23, 2019 at 9:11 p.m.

Watchdog slams IRS over targeting conservative groups

May 23, 2019 at 9:11 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government watchdog faulted the Internal Revenue Service for targeting conservative groups on Tuesday, criticizing senior IRS leaders for poor management of a policy that spun...

IRS kept shifting targets in tax-exempt groups scrutiny: report

May 23, 2019 at 9:11 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When tax agents started singling out non-profit groups for extra scrutiny in 2010, they looked at first only for key words such as 'Tea Party,' but later...

Senior U.S. tax officials knew of extra Tea Party scrutiny -documents

May 23, 2019 at 9:10 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Higher-level U.S. Internal Revenue Service officials took part in discussions as far back as August 2011 about targeting by lower-level tax agents of "Tea Party" and other...

Analysis: Tax strategy may be key to Verizon Wireless deal

August 24, 2021 at 1:41 p.m.

(Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc's chances of buying the 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless owned by Britain's Vodafone Group Plc will hinge, at least in part, on the quality...

Obama’s income fell in election year, paid 18.4 percent tax rate

May 23, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama paid an effective federal tax rate of 18.4 percent in 2012 and saw income from his best-selling books drop as he ran for re-election,...

Obama’s income fell in election year, paid 18.4 percent tax rate

May 23, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama paid an effective federal tax rate of 18.4 percent in 2012 and saw income from his best-selling books drop as he ran for re-election,...

Factbox: How ‘territorial’ taxing of foreign profit might work

August 24, 2021 at 3:27 a.m.

(Reuters) - Many large corporations want the U.S. government to adopt a "territorial system" that would exempt their active overseas corporate profits from U.S. taxes, in whole or in part....

Factbox: U.S. “fiscal cliff,” tax impact of no deal

December 25, 2018 at 7:43 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Higher federal taxes for millions of businesses and individuals will become law on Tuesday unless Congress acts to stop them. These taxes, worth $500 billion, comprise the...

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