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2 Apr

2015

April 2, 2015

Dirty Dozen 2015 Tax Scams

Each year the IRS posts the worst tax scams across America. The IRS works with the Department of Justice and its criminal division to shut down […]

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2 Apr

2015

April 2, 2015

DOJ Declines to Charge Lerner with Contempt

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has decided that it will not move forward with a criminal-contempt prosecution of Lois Lerner, the former head of the IRS’s Exempt Organizations […]

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16 Mar

2015

March 16, 2015

Be Careful Claiming Your Charitable Deduction for 2014

The IRS loves to audit people who claim charitable deductions. The reason is that there are very strict record-keeping rules when it comes to charitable deductions and most […]

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12 Feb

2015

February 12, 2015

IRS Blasted for Seizing Assets of People who Deposit Cash Under $10,000

On February 11 Congress blasted the IRS Commissioner John Koskinen on the Service’s use of civil-asset forfeiture laws, demanding to know why innocent small business owners are being […]

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