http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/irs/ en-us Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:47:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2133460/posts Cue the Twilight Zone theme. Da-da DA-da, da-da DA-da. Picture this: A 79-year-old man with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, and his ex-wife, legally blind due to macular degeneration, receive a “notice” from a major consumer services group with a “proposed balance due” of $87,708 . . . even though the organization knows that the “bill” cannot be correct. The couple’s actual bill? $1,165. But it costs nearly $700 to prove it. Picture this: The very same consumer services group routinely overcharges the average American household nearly $2,400 – or more than $250 billion in total – each and every year. Picture... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2133460/posts#comment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:47:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133070/posts Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN -- November 14 "They're using identities of American citizens and the IRS is allowing it to happen." Casey Wian: More than 1,300 illegal aliens near Greeley, Colorado, have been using either stolen or phony Social Security numbers to receive at least $2.5 million in tax refunds, according to local law enforcement officials. (unbelievalbe video clip) Chief Jerry Garner, Greeley PD: These folks that are here illegally are victimizing American citizens by stealing their identity. Very, very often they are victimizing American citizens who are Latino. John Cooke, Weld County Sheriff: They're using identities of American... AmericanPatrol.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133070/posts#comment Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:57:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131232/posts Democrats in the U.S. House have been conducting hearings on proposals to confiscate workers' personal retirement accounts - including 401(k)s and IRAs - and convert them to accounts managed by the Social Security Administration. Triggered by the financial crisis the past two months, the hearings reportedly were meant to stem losses incurred by many workers and retirees whose 401(k) and IRA balances have been shrinking rapidly. The testimony of Teresa Ghilarducci, professor of economic policy analysis at the New School for Social Research in New York, in hearings Oct. 7 drew the most attention and criticism. Testifying for the House... RightSideNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131232/posts#comment Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:56:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122381/posts Michelle Obama speech to Baptists spurs request for IRS investigation By Bob Allen Friday, 31 October 2008 WASHINGTON (ABP) -- Americans United for Separation of Church and State has asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate whether Oct. 29 remarks by Michelle Obama to an African-American Baptist gathering violated federal tax law. According to media reports, the wife of the Democratic presidential candidate told about 1,000 delegates to the General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, meeting in Fayetteville, that her husband understands the struggles of working families and offers the leadership America needs. "Don't we deserve a president with... Associated Baptist Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122381/posts#comment Sun, 2 Nov 2008 07:08:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122408/posts At the Beverly Hills office of criminal defense lawyer Edward M. Robbins Jr., anxious new clients are showing up with an unexpected problem. The clients put money in Swiss bank accounts, where it was supposed to stay secret. But now those depositors fear the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department will gain access to their bank records, Robbins said. Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122408/posts#comment Sun, 2 Nov 2008 09:31:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120897/posts Obama's misuse of tax exempt resources prompted IRS investigation of the United Church of Christ The United Church of Christ's Web site reports that Barack Obama's delivery of a campaign speech at its annual synod--a blatant misuse of the church's tax exempt resources--prompted the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the church. That is, Barack Hussein Obama's knowing, deliberate, premeditated, and willful misuse of his church's resources to support his Presidential campaign put the church's tax exemption at risk.Obama's General Synod speech prompts IRS to investigate UCC's tax-exempt status Written by J. Bennett Guess February 26, 2008 The Internal Revenue Service... Grizzly Groundswell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120897/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:28:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120848/posts Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Lack of resources to pursue all tax fraud cases was the explanation of the Internal Revenue Service for the over $1 billion bad refunds the agency issued in 2007. A report by the Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration pointed out that due to the resource scarcity in IRS, its staff could not go through $742 million refunds. The IRS, in fact, identified $264 million fraudulent refunds, but by the time it did, the agency failed to stop the refunds from being sent. J. Russell George, the inspector general, urged the IRS to address its... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120848/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:48:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120005/posts WASHINGTON – The government sent out more than $1 billion in fraudulent refunds last year and offered this explanation Thursday for the bad checks in the mail: The Internal Revenue Service has too few resources to pursue every tax fraud case. IRS investigators never even looked at an estimated $742 million in fraudulent refunds, according to a report by the Treasury Department office that monitors the agency. When they did identify an additional $264 million in bad refunds, it was too late to stop them from being issued. The report noted that the IRS must divide its limited resources among... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120005/posts#comment Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:23:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115987/posts During tough economic times, people are looking for that extra boost to help them get by. A new e-mail scam is trying to exploit that. It's a scam that mentions the IRS in hopes of taking advantage of the victim's pocketbook. Jeff Bergerson has worked in the tax service industry for years, and during that time he has seen scams of all shapes and sizes. "This one, I even needed to take a double-take on. This was really elaborate and very authentic-looking," recalled Bergerson. From phone scams, to mail scams to e-mail scams. But the one that came to his... WCCO.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115987/posts#comment Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115836/posts A group that supports the false philosophy of separation of church and state has filed action against another pastor for having his say about politics. Bishop Robert E. Smith is senior pastor at Word of Outreach and Christian Academy in Little Rock, Arkansas. Americans United for Separation of Church and State has lodged a complaint against him for endorsing John McCain for president from the pulpit on October 12. "Bishop Smith knowingly and flagrantly violated the law and has even dared the IRS to investigate him for it," says Americans United leader Barry Lynn in a press release. "I hope... OneNewsNow.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115836/posts#comment Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:19:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113711/posts “Americans United for the Separation of Church and State” has formally requested the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the Roman Catholic Bishop of Paterson, N.J., the Most Reverend Arthur Serratelli. I believe this is their first volley in a concerted effort to silence Catholic Bishops. They want to prevent them from teaching the unchangeable Moral Truth, revealed in the Natural Law and confirmed by medical science, that the child in the first home of the whole human race is one of us and that every procured abortion constitutes an intrinsically evil act because it is the taking of innocent human... Catholic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113711/posts#comment Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:07:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113324/posts Americans United for Separation of Church and State has asked the IRS to investigate the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson, N.J. and Rock Christian Fellowship in Espanola, New Mexico. According to AU's letter to the IRS, Roman Catholic Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli has published a letter on Catholic Diocese of Paterson, N.J.'s website and newspaper attacking Barack Obama." The letter criticizes Obama for his pro-choice stance and encourages parishioners not to vote for Obama. AU also wants the IRS to investigate Rock Christian Fellowship in Espanola, New Mexico for posting a large display that encourages voters to support republican candidates... OMBWatch.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113324/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:47:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2110509/posts Brother, Can You Spare an Endowment? by: Bethany Stotts, October 20, 2008 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a new questionnaire which asks some tough questions of college leaders. The new “compliance questionnaire,” labeled the “first stage” of the “Colleges and Universities Compliance Project” by the IRS, was sent to 400 American universities and colleges on the first of this month. It delves into schools’ financial information with considerable depth. “Among other things, the questionnaire will gather information from the schools about how they report revenues and expenses from their trade or business activities, classify their activities as exempt... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2110509/posts#comment Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:00:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108704/posts (CNSNews.com) – Internal Revenue Service rules have opened up a back-door through which illegal immigrants can obtain an Individual Taxpayer Information Number (ITIN), which in turn helps them enter the U.S. credit market.   The IRS uses ITINs to process tax payments owed by people who are not eligible for a Social Security Number. It is issued regardless of immigration status to people living both inside and outside the country.   Although the IRS states explicitly that ITINs are not to be used for any purpose other than tax administration, banks across the country are accepting ITINs to open new... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108704/posts#comment Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:39:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108300/posts Ok, so by now everyone knows about the "Tanning Bed Media" attacks on Joe the Plumber. Has ANY one of those maggots (feeding on dead carcasses) done their research on the tax liens of "The Chose One's" associates? I thought not. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108300/posts#comment Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:42:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108128/posts Recently, the IRS extended its definition of acceptable retirement age to all defined benefit plans, including governmental plans. The regulations state that normal retirement age under a plan must be an age that is “not earlier than the earliest age that is reasonably representative of the typical retirement age for the industry in which the covered workforce is employed.” For most workers, a normal retirement age that falls between ages 55 and 62 would meet the new IRS standard. The IRS has made an exception for plans where the majority of the plan participants are qualified public safety employees. For... NYPD PBA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108128/posts#comment Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:53:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098112/posts Last weekend, a few pastors of large, evangelical congregations chose to convert their pulpits into planks for the Republican Party platform. These participants in “Pulpit Freedom Sunday” sought to challenge IRS regulations that maintain a wall between tax-exempt religious activities and taxable political ones. Citing controversial issues like reproductive freedom and same-sex marriage, they claimed that a biblical mandate required them to take a more activist role in instructing their congregants to choose the candidate who matched their political beliefs. Their actions are yet one more indicator of the degree to which purveyors of a reactionary political agenda have continued... Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098112/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 19:39:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097408/posts IRS undercover operations: Privacy invasion? The bailout bill also gives the Internal Revenue Service new authority to conduct undercover operations. It would immunize the IRS from a passel of federal laws, including permitting IRS agents to run businesses for an extended sting operation, to open their own personal bank accounts with U.S. tax dollars, and so on. (Think IRS agents posing as accountants or tax preparers and saying, "I'm not sure if that deduction is entirely legal, but it'll save you $1,000. Want to take it?") That section had expired as of January 1, 2008, and would now be renewed.... C-Net news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097408/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 15:19:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097197/posts Last week, the Bush administration proposed a three-page bill to bail out Wall Street to the tune of $700 billion. It died in the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week. On Friday, though, the House approved a far bigger, broader, and beefier version of the bill--which has ballooned to a remarkable 442 pages. The vote was 263 to 171, with the bulk of the opposition coming from Republicans. Because the Senate already approved the measure, it immediately went to President Bush, who signed it into law. On the theory that this would be a way to convince previously skeptical... news.cnet.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097197/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 03:42:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096745/posts A northern Minnesota preacher's presidential endorsement from the pulpit of Republican John McCain over the weekend is part of a national challenge of federal restrictions on such political expressions. The Rev. Gus Booth of Warroad Community Church made his endorsement Sunday as part of the Alliance Defense Fund's "Pulpit Freedom Sunday." The fund said Booth and other pastors around the country were exercising "their First Amendment right to preach on the subject, despite federal tax regulations that prohibit intervening or participating in a political campaign." Booth, a delegate to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, said Monday he did... Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096745/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 17:02:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093179/posts Pastor Luke Emrich prepared his sermon this week knowing his remarks could invite an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service. But that was the whole point, so Emrich forged ahead with his message: Thou shalt vote according to the Scriptures. “I’m telling you straight up, I would choose life,” Emrich told about 100 worshippers yesterday at New Life Church, a nondenominational evangelical congregation about 40 miles from Milwaukee. “I would cast a vote for John McCain and Sarah Palin,” he said. “But friends, it’s your choice to make, it’s not my choice. I won’t be in the voting booth with... firstamendmentcenter.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093179/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:51:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093136/posts Contact: Jerry Horn, Priests for Life, 540-220-0095 WASHINGTON, September 29 /Christian Newswire/ -- Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, commented today on the "Pulpit Freedom Sunday" that a group of pastors observed this past weekend, in which they spoke about the moral qualifications of candidates for public office, with a freedom that they maintain the IRS is wrongly taking from pastors. "This effort is not about bringing politics into the pulpit; it's about getting government out of the pulpit," Fr. Pavone explained. "It should be Church authority, not government authority that determines the criteria for how pastors... Christian Newswire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093136/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:55:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091443/posts There have been some tax calculators posted today, and a Yahoo article promoting one of them. They portray only the proposed income tax changes, without NObama's ideas for raising Social Security and Medicare taxes. I couldn't find the Yahoo article that was running earlier, can anyone else? NObama's tax plans should be exposed for the sham they are, please do what you can! Me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091443/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:00:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091321/posts As the presidential election draws closer, a conservative group has launched an effort to “reclaim pastors’ constitutional right to speak freely and truthfully from the pulpit.” Pastors may comment on candidates and voting -- without fearing loss of their tax exemption, the Alliance Defense Fund insists. The group says its Pulpit Initiative is a legal effort designed to protect the First Amendment rights of pastors. As part of that effort, pastors participating in Pulpit Freedom Sunday on September 28 will deliver to sermons of their own that apply Scripture to the subject of candidates running for government office. Not so... CNS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091321/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:32:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090911/posts Harry Reid argues that US Income tax is VOLUNTARY, VIDEO of full interview here -- http://digg.com/politics/Senator_Harry_Reid_Says_Paying_Income_Tax_is_Voluntary Digg http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090911/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:59:18 GMT