Republicans want to put a tax fraudster in charge of the IRS — and I wish that was just a figure of speech,” Sen. Chuck Schumer said.

In 1998, Congress took steps to protect the IRS from this kind of political pressure, and to preserve its independence. It was, Graetz says, "an overwhelming bipartisan effort to eliminate ...

The Senate confirmed Billy Long, a former Republican congressman from Missouri, as the new IRS commissioner amid staffing and ...

The Internal Revenue Service has made a crucial move by open-sourcing much of its widely appreciated Direct File tax software ...

Critical staffing cuts at the tax agency were postponed until after the filing season.

The administration has ended free income tax filing, but that didn't stop the IRS from open-sourcing its frontend Direct File ...

“Perhaps Harvard should lose its Tax Exempt Status and be Taxed as a Political Entity if it keeps pushing political, ideological, and terrorist inspired/supporting ‘Sickness ...

He also offered reassurances to Democratic concerns that Trump might pressure the IRS to do his political bidding, including that he might order audits of perceived enemies. “If confirmed ...

Not-for-profit organizations that benefit from the tax exemption can lose it if they violate a number of rules, including for political activity. But a rescission would be a rare move by the IRS.