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The House Judiciary Committee said Friday that it will hold two committee hearings to examine misconduct by the Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen. The hearings could lead to impeachment proceedings.

The American Institute of CPAs is asking the Internal Revenue Services to make some changes to a form that tax-exempt groups use to report on transactions with “interested persons.”

The global fight against corruption should focus on major jurisdictions rather than bullying small territories, the heads of government of two tax havens told world leaders.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

Former billionaire Sam Wyly may have been hoping for a better outcome on his home turf as a Texas judge weighed tax-evasion claims related to the fraud trial he lost in New York two years ago. He didn’t get it.

Sometimes, the elevation of form over substance can be costly for those who commit a “foot fault” in structuring a transaction in the tax arena.

In January, Donald Trump had this to say when he was asked about whether he would release his tax returns: “I have very big returns, as you know, and I have everything all approved and very beautiful and we’ll be working that over in the next period of time.”

If Donald Trump refuses to release his tax returns before November, it would be “disqualifying” to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s election bid, former Massachusetts governor and 2012 party nominee Mitt Romney said.

The House has passed legislation permitting the Internal Revenue Service to share taxpayer information with state and local law enforcement agencies to help find missing or exploited children, while maintaining safeguards for sensitive taxpayer information.

Approximately 69 percent of entrepreneurs who participate in so-called “sharing economy” services such as Uber, Lyft and Airbnb received absolutely no tax guidance from the companies they work with, according to a new survey.