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CINCINNATI -- The tax-exempt determinations division of the Internal Revenue Service has long been considered a bit of a dead end within the agency. Earning between $40,000 and $77,000 a year, workers plow through more than 70,000 applications a ...and more »

WASHINGTON—The White House acknowledged on Monday that senior aides to President Barack Obama knew a month ago that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had targeted conservative groups, expanding on previous administration statements about ...and more »

IRS Internal Revenue Service logo. A Northern California tea party group filed the first lawsuit against the U.S. government stemming from the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups for more scrutiny as they applied for tax-exempt status.and more »

WASHINGTON — White House officials were first notified on April 16 about an investigation into Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative groups, and they discussed its potential findings with the Treasury Department but never told President Barack ...and more »

Washington Post: Senior White House officials learned last month about a review by the U.S. Treasury Department's inspector general into whether the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status — though they did not ...and more »

The Internal Revenue Service put special scrutiny on applications for tax exemptions filed by entities with the words “tea party” in their names. Naturally, it is assumed that such actions by the IRS were politically motivated. But maybe not. The general rule ...and more »

Now is the opportune time to eliminate the Internal Revenue Service. A service that was created by Congress, oversighted by the President and corrupted many times by both parties by many many members of Congress, and lobbies who have had rules bent ...and more »

- The head of the National Treasury Employee Union (NTEU), which represents employees of the Internal Revenue Service, met with President Barack Obama in the White House one day before the manager of the IRS's "Technical Unit" suggested establishing ...and more »

The former head of the Internal Revenue Service heads to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, giving lawmakers their first opportunity to question the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups. The former chief of the Internal ...and more »

The Internal Revenue Service will be closed May 24, June 14, July 5, July 22 and Aug. 30 when IRS employees will be furloughed. All IRS offices, including all toll-free hot lines, the Taxpayer Advocate Service and the agency's nearly 400 taxpayer assistance ...and more »

IRS Internal Revenue Service logo. A Northern California tea party group filed the first lawsuit against the U.S. government stemming from the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups for more scrutiny as they applied for tax-exempt status.

2, 2012, file photo, then-Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Shulman heads to Capitol Hill on May 21, 2013, giving lawmakers their first opportunity to question the man who ran the agency when ...and more »

2, 2012, file photo, then-Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Shulman heads to Capitol Hill on May 21, 2013, giving lawmakers their first opportunity to question the man who ran the agency when ...

Ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller prepares to testify on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, May 17, before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on ...and more »

WASHINGTON - A U.S. Senate panel will try on Tuesday to pry more details out of current and former officials of the Internal Revenue Service about the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they sought tax-exempt status.and more »

Mike Kelly, R-Pa., center, questions the ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service Steven Miller, lower right, as the Republican-run committee held a hearing on the extra scrutiny the Internal Revenue Service gave Tea Party and other conservative groups ...and more »

The building houses Internal Revenue Service offices that handled group applications for tax-exempt status. IRS officials have acknowledged that some conservative groups received inappropriate attention and questioning. Other tea party groups also want ...and more »

It might have seemed a no-win situation to the White House: either keep President Barack Obama in the dark about a looming investigation into political targeting by the Internal Revenue Service or blur legal lines by telling him about an independent audit.and more »

President Barack Obama dismissed the idea of a special prosecutor to investigate the Internal Revenue Service Thursday, saying probes by Congress and the Justice Department should be able to figure out who was responsible for improperly targeting tea ...and more »

CINCINNATI (AP) - Tea party groups plan a Tuesday protest march on the Cincinnati federal building tied to IRS targeting of conservative groups, and other groups are urging activists across the country to demonstrate at their local Internal Revenue Service ...and more »

Among troubling aspects of the Internal Revenue Service scandal is that since it began making headlines, they have moved closer and closer to President Barack Obama. That is a pattern in common with several other White House scandals in the past.and more »

- The Internal Revenue Service has been the object of jokes for decades. The one that sticks in my mind, because it's relevant, is Jerry Seinfeld's TV character talking about being called in for a tax audit. "Have you ever been audited?" he asks Elaine. "It's hell.and more »

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Internal Revenue Service reinstated the tax-exempt status of the Zionist Organization of America. “The work of the ZOA has never been altered or diminished one iota during this period,” ZOA President Morton Klein said in a ...and more »

Tim Savaglio, a member of the Liberty Township Tea Party, displays one of the letters his group received from the Internal Revenue Service, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at his home in West Chester, Ohio. (AP Photo/Al Behrman). DAN SEWELL Associated ...and more »

FREMONT — Fremont grandmother Marion Bower, 68, took a trip to Washington, D.C., last week because she wanted to make her voice heard in the growing chorus against the Internal Revenue Service, and its flagging of politically conservative groups.and more »