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A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building on May 4, 2021, in Washington. While Republicans seek to make good on campaign promises to cut IRS funding through the proposed debt ceiling and budget cuts package now moving through Congress, Democrats are offering assurances that the spending cuts will have little impact on the federal tax collector. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Republicans get their IRS cuts, but Democrats say they expect little near-term impact

By Fatima Hussein. Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, talks with his sister Ashley Biden as they attend his daughter Maisy Biden's commencement ceremony at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Monday, May 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

IRS whistleblower testifies privately about allegations of cover-up in Hunter Biden criminal probe

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Illustration on the IRS by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Why the IRS shouldn’t be trusted to file your taxes

By David B. McGarry

Daniel Werfel testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing to be the Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, Feb. 15, 2023, in Washington. The IRS released details Thursday, April 6, on how it plans to use the $80 billion it's getting to improve operations, promising investments in new technology, hiring more customer service representatives and expanding its ability to audit high-wealth taxpayers. Contrary to unfounded alarmist talk from Republicans, it won't include spending for new IRS agents with guns, says IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

IRS chief denies interfering in Hunter Biden probe as whistleblower prepares to talk to lawmakers

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Matt Taibbi, left, with Michael Shellenberger, testifies before House Select Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

IRS worked overtime to probe Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building on May 4, 2021, in Washington. Taxpayers who called the IRS had an average wait time of four minutes this tax season compared to 27 minutes a year earlier, the agency said Monday, April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Supreme Court rules IRS doesn’t have to give law firm notice to collect delinquent client’s assets

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The Internal Revenue Service 1040 tax form for 2022 is seen on April 17, 2023. The IRS is planning to launch a pilot program for a government-run, online tax filing system that’s free for all. After months of research, the IRS published a feasibility report on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, laying out taxpayer interest in direct file, how the system could work, its potential cost, operational challenges and more. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

IRS has built its own e-file system to compete with TurboTax

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, boards Air Force One with the president, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, N.Y. Biden is traveling to Camp David in Maryland after visiting with family members following the passing of Michael Hunter, the brother of the president's first wife, Neilia Hunter Biden. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Report: IRS removes ‘entire investigative team’ from Hunter Biden tax-fraud probe

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, on March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

IRS ponders changes to lower audit rate for Black taxpayers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, on March 22, 2013. In an effort to stop personal threats aimed at IRS employees, the agency says it will start limiting the workers’ personal identifying information on communications with taxpayers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS takes steps to protect identity of workers in effort to deter personal threats

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Danny Werfel speaks during his swearing-in ceremony at Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. The IRS released details Thursday, April 6, on how it plans to use the $80 billion it's getting to improve operations, promising investments in new technology, hiring more customer service representatives and expanding its ability to audit high-wealth taxpayers. Contrary to unfounded alarmist talk from Republicans, it won't include spending for new IRS agents with guns, says IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

New IRS chief promises ‘several years’ before most Americans face higher audit rates

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, boards Air Force One with the president, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, N.Y. An IRS special agent is seeking whistleblower protection to disclose information regarding what the agent contends is mishandling of an investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. That is according to a letter to Congress obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Democrats greet IRS whistleblower complaint about Hunter Biden probe with skepticism, indifference

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, step off Air Force One, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, N.Y. The Bidens are in Syracuse to visit with family members following the passing of Michael Hunter, the brother of the president's first wife, Neilia Hunter Biden. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

IRS whistleblower accuses Biden administration of ‘preferential treatment’ for Hunter Biden in probe

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building on May 4, 2021, in Washington. Taxpayers who called the IRS had an average wait time of four minutes this tax season compared to 27 minutes a year earlier, the agency said Monday, April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Calling the IRS? Hold times are way down this tax season

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

A portion of the 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return form is shown July 24, 2018, in New York. The IRS has been tasked with looking into how to create a government-operated electronic free-file tax return system for all. Congress has directed the IRS to report in on how such a system might work. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

New push on U.S.-run free electronic tax-filing system for all

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press