Senate Passes Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill
The Senate voted 60-to-39 to approve the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (HR 4173). The bill, which President Obama is expected to…
read moreTIGTA Reports on Cost of Undeliverable IRS Mail
A report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) released on July 15, 2010, as part of the Fiscal Year 2009 Annual Audit…
read moreIndividual Properly Indicted for Failure to Pay Taxes; Double Jeopardy Clause Not Implicated by Retrial (Farr, CA-10)
An individual’s indictment for failure to pay taxes did not violate the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment. The individual’s previous conviction was overturned…
read moreBusiness Community and Fiscal Commission Seek Common Ground on Tax and Economic Policies
U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donahoe urged Congress to pass a temporary extension of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, saying it would boost…
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