Taxation

By Kim Dixon and Kevin Drawbaugh June 16 (Reuters) - Internal Revenue Service employees in Ohio, who singled out conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status for extra scrutiny, likely did not consider the political implications, an IRS official in...

SACRAMENTO — A battle is raging over a California program that grants businesses tax breaks for creating jobs but prevents the public from knowing who got them and why. At issue are enterprise zones, which were established to boost employment in...

Happy Father's Day … In over two decades in politics, my least favorite political type was the unabashed "hot dog," that media-seeking missile who would happily sell his grandmother for a 30-second hit on the evening news. The most dangerous...

Citizens on Flag Day Many people don't recognize June 14 as Flag Day. I didn't realize it until arriving at work and seeing it on my calendar. This reminded me of the best part of my job — the swearing in of new American citizens at the local U....

A Beverly Hills-based property developer is under investigation for allegedly using his daughters and two of his firm's attorneys to launder illegal campaign contributions to Los Angeles County Assessor John Noguez, according to a search warrant...

* Two senior officials received physical threats -sources * IRS workers in Cincinnati describe being nervous, afraid * Some Cincinnati workers allowed to work from home By Patrick Temple-West and Karl Plume WASHINGTON/CINCINNATI, June 15 (Reuters) - A...

WASHINGTON/CINCINNATI (Reuters) - A current and a former top tax official have been physically threatened in recent weeks as the scandal over Internal Revenue Service targeting of Tea Party and other conservative groups has gathered steam, people familiar...

WALKERTON, Ind. (AP) — An auditor for a northern Indiana county says the Internal Revenue Service has placed a lien on a public library that has been closed since last month. According to St. Joseph County Auditor Pete Mullen, the I-R-S says the...

By Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - A congressional committee probing the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's heightened scrutiny of conservative groups plans to interview a Washington IRS official involved in overseeing Tea Party applications for...

The Annapolis city council passed Monday a $95.6 million operating budget and $10 million capital budget for next year, with a slight increase in the property tax rate and funding for projects that include a bulkhead replacement at City Dock. Mayor Josh...

Franklin County, Pa., government leaders are trying to recoup tax money from a collection agency that went out of business. Central Tax Bureau of Pennsylvania, or Centax, did not collect taxes within Franklin County. However, it collected earned...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional investigators probing the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's scrutiny of conservative political groups will interview a key Washington IRS official on Friday and want to speak with as many as 20 more people, sources...