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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is seen in Park Ridge, Ill., Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

A watchdog report flags security risks in the IRS-ICE taxpayer data-sharing deal

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Committee on Finance, Wednesday, June 3, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent refuses to say whether Trump remains exempt from IRS audits

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

The Internal Revenue Service 1040 tax form for 2022 is seen on April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

IRS reportedly weighing adding non-U.S. citizen checkbox to tax forms

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

President's cash-rich slush fund illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Do we still have a Constitution?

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Paying taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Wealth tax or stealth tax?

By Chuck Flint

This March 22, 2013, photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

215,000 federal workers were delinquent on their taxes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is photographed May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

IRS may owe you a refund for coronavirus-era fines. Here’s how to apply

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

Then-President Donald J. Trump's name is printed on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak in this April 23, 2020 photo taken in San Antonio. Early in the pandemic, government relief checks became an attractive target for criminals. A federal inspector general sent a stark warning to Congress, saying they are leaving a massive amount of stolen taxpayer money in scammers' pockets because lawmakers haven't extended the statute of limitation on pandemic unemployment fraud. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Taxpayers have until July 10 to claim COVID-era IRS refund

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump’s lawyers are in talks with the IRS to resolve president’s $10B lawsuit

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

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Letter to the editor: Real tax relief

An Arizona state personal income tax form is shown Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

It’s Tax Day. Ahead of the deadline, 53 million filers used new Trump tax exemptions, Treasury says

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

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

IRS adopts new way to calculate regulatory burdens

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

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

More than 1,000 IRS employees jilted student loan repayment program

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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

Trump’s cost-cutting at IRS blunts tax agency’s AI plans

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Blue states lose billions in tax revenue as residents leave Illustration generated by ChatGPT for The Washington Times

Blue states lose billions in revenue as Americans head for lower taxes

By Cal Thomas

The Internal Revenue Service 1040 tax form for 2022 is seen on April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Tax scams are on the rise. Here’s what to know

By Cora Lewis - Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, sits next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump speaks at the Shield of the Americas Summit, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Treasury says Bessent will run IRS even though ‘vacancy’ term expired

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times