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A northwest Missouri will go to prison for a scheme that netted them about $800,000 in federal income tax refunds they didn't deserve.

Liberal groups such as Greenpeace and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals say they were targeted, too, by past administrations.

Billionaire investor Peter R. Kellogg and IAT Reinsurance Co. Ltd ., the Bermuda-based insurance company his family owns, are suing the Internal Revenue Service for refunds of $186 million in taxes and interest they paid after the IRS revoked IAT's tax-exemption retroactively.

Most teenagers mowing lawns, sacking groceries, babysitting or toiling away at other summer work know the importance of showing up on time, being responsible and having a good attitude.

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Either CNN's Tom Cohen, his headline and subheadline writers, or both thought it was a bit over the top to describe the IRS's targeting of Tea Party, conservative, and religious groups as a "forgotten scandal" in a Friday story .

Misfeasance: While the IRS was hassling any nonprofit group with the word "patriot" in its name, it was rubberstamping exemptions for "Islamic" groups, even organizations that violate disclosure laws.

An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest applications from tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status, including some requests that languished for more than a year without action.

Many individuals really feel their heart drop every time they get a notice from the IRS.

In over two decades in politics, my least favorite political type was the unabashed "hot dog," that media-seeking missile who would happily sell his grandmother for a 30-second hit on the evening news.

It is reassuring that in the midst of so much government dysfunction, the IRS has resolved the question of when and whether to tax tanning beds under the Affordable Care Act.

Suppose you give your 30-year-old daughter a list of groceries to buy for you and $25 to pay for them.

With the proposed half-cent sales tax referendum just four days away, the campaign heated up Friday as supporters staged a rally at the historic courthouse and opponents firmly stood their ground.

If House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa's faltering inquisition of the IRS seems familiar, it should.

Mounting scandals at the Internal Revenue Service are jeopardizing critical funding for the agency as it gears up to play a big role in President Barack Obama's health care law.

It was the scandal du jour in Washington last month, now relegated to back-burner status after recent revelations of a vast government electronic surveillance apparatus created in the name of national security following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Leaders of this city of 17,500 lowered the property-tax rate on homes and businesses by about 10 percent four years ago when city finances seemed good and there was about $1.3 million in reserve.

Same-sex couples across the country could benefit at tax time should the U.S. Supreme Court allow the federal government to recognize their marriages and other legal unions.

The Internal Revenue Service may need to be restructured after the agency was found improperly targeting conservative groups seeking non-profit status, the chairmen of the two congressional tax-writing committees say.

We all know now what the vengeful Obama IRS has been doing to conservative nonprofits the past four years: strangling them in the crib.