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Tax experts and former Internal Revenue Service officials denounced the deal to immunize President Trump, his family and his businesses from tax audits.
June 23 -
His administration wants the rebuilt wall of import taxes to mirror those Trump put on every major trading partner at the beginning of his second term.
June 22 -
The fund was part of a settlement to resolve President Trump's $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold the IRS liable for a leak of his tax information.
June 22 -
French President Emmanuel Macron refused to drop the country's digital tax after Donald Trump threatened new tariffs, setting the stage for a confrontation.
June 15 -
The agreement to settle Trump's case against the IRS included a bar against audits of past tax filings by him, his family members, businesses and other government investigations.
June 11 -
The administration won't move forward with the fund, a key pillar of the agreement with the IRS and Treasury Department over leaks of Trump's tax information.
June 3 -
The Department of Justice will still provide immunity from any probes into the president's past tax filings under a deal agreed to last month.
June 3 -
U.S. officials are continuing with an agreement that bars the government from probing past tax filings from President Donald Trump and his businesses.
June 2 -
The Trump administration created the fund as part of a settlement resolving the president's lawsuit against the IRS over the 2019 leak of his tax information.
June 1 -
The fund was created as part of an agreement to resolve the president's lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the past leak of his tax information.
May 29 -
The Treasury Department introduced a mobile app enabling families to access Trump accounts, the new tax-deferred accounts for children born after Jan. 1, 2025.
May 28 -
A judge closed the president's case after his personal attorneys withdrew his lawsuit against the IRS for leaking his tax information.
May 28 -
Dangerous procedural traps; justification for change; unexpected tax exposure; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.
May 26
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Trump said Democratic policies on crime and taxes were leading to an exodus of businesses and taxpayers from New York, as he touted his tax cuts.
May 26 -
Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee called on chairman Mike Crapo to launch a bipartisan probe into the Justice Department's new weaponization fund.
May 26 -
The lawsuit follows the announcement of the nearly $1.8 billion fund as part of an agreement to end Trump's unprecedented $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS.
May 21 -
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche wouldn't rule out the possibility that rioters who attacked police could receive payments from a $1.8 billion taxpayer fund.
May 20 -
The judge who oversaw the president's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS questioned whether the government was being transparent about a settlement.
May 20 -
The Internal Revenue Service agreed not to continue any legal claims or investigations of the president's past tax returns, adding to a controversial settlement.
May 19 -
The amount of the fund is set at $1.776 billion, an apparent reference to the year 1776 and the creation of the U.S.
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