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Taxes don't pause; chaotic policy; larger tax burden; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.
August 5
Matters Editorial -
The IRS and the Treasury issued guidance on the permanent extension of the employer tax credit for paid family and medical leave under the OBBBA.
August 5 -
The IRS's overall improper payment rate on refundable tax breaks increased from 21.9% in 2024 to 26.5% in 2025, totaling about $28.1 billion.
August 4 -
Blanche walked back and clarified key elements of the department's arrangements to resolve Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS.
August 4 -
The Internal Revenue Service slashed the number of languages it supported from 20 to seven in response to an executive order from President Trump.
August 3 -
The fund could have paid $1.8 billion to President Trump's allies, and the acting AG clarified the scope of the president's sweeping immunity deal with the IRS.
August 3 -
The IRS recently changed how it oversees every credentialed tax professional in the country. Most practitioners had no idea it was coming.
July 31
Ledger Labs -
The president's desire to avoid criminal prosecutions and tax audits has become the biggest impediment to getting his own attorney general pick confirmed.
July 31 -
Paper notices that include QR codes are leading recipients to a spoofed Internal Revenue Service website.
July 31 -
The IRS's Criminal Investigation unit issued a fraud alert warning about scammers who are targeting cryptocurrency holders with convincing fake IRS letters.
July 30 -
The Senate Finance Committee voted nearly unanimously to approve a wide-ranging bipartisan tax administration bill aimed at improving operations at the IRS.
July 30 -
Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee plan to introduce an amendment prohibiting President Trump's audit immunity deal with the IRS during a markup hearing.
July 29 -
The Internal Revenue Service is highlighting the role of tipsters in exposing tax fraud and helping it recover unpaid taxes and strengthen tax compliance.
July 29 -
Cornyn and another GOP holdout, Senator Thom Tillis, want written changes to alter Trump's settlement with the IRS over leaks of his tax information in 2019.
July 29 -
Disagreeing with the IRS; daunting levels of debt; Sunshine State; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.
July 28
Matters Editorial -
Only days after the World Cup Final, the IRS released a revenue procedure allowing tax-exempt foreign members of FIFA to avoid filing a Form 990.
July 24 -
This is not a minor procedural tweak. It changes how penalty relief gets delivered to millions of taxpayers, and what we owe our clients as their advisors.
July 24
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is leading 13 senators in investigating whether IRS CEO Frank Bisignano misled Congress about his agency's staffing after the Trump administration gutted the IRS workforce.
July 23 -
The Internal Revenue Service's effort to reduce the amount of paper it deals with may be exposing taxpayer data to unwanted security vulnerabilities.
July 23 -
An arbitrator ordered the IRS to allow its unionized employees to work remotely after President Trump ordered federal agencies to require in-person work.
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