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Democratic Senator Asked IRS to Investigate Top Pro-Life Group

Yesterday Judicial Watch reported that Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) wrote to the IRS in June 2012 to complain about 12 nonprofit groups he wanted investigated for "political activity." Ref. Source 4

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IRS Loses Lerner Emails, Capping Obama's Awful Week

On Friday night, the Associated Press revealed that the Internal Revenue Service has lost an untold number of emails sent to and from a key figure, Lois Lerner, in the long-simmering scandal over the agency's treatment of groups affiliated with the conservative Tea Party movement. The news broke"¦ Ref. Source 9

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IRS Won't Confirm Destruction of Hard Drives

As of just a few days ago, it didn't seem possible for Congressional Republicans to be any angrier with the Internal Revenue Service. Despite being aware for several months that it had lost emails to and from a number of significant figures in a congressional investigation, the agency waited until early this week to fully fess up to Congress. But Congress reached new levels of outrage late Tuesday, when rumors began circulating that the agency might also have destroyed computer hard drives that congressional investigators want to look at. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said that if the equipment was truly destroyed, it was "proof" of the agency's "attempted deception." Ref. Source 6

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Whistleblowers: IRS officials behind 'fraudulent' multi-billion dollar corporate tax giveaways:

A 10-year veteran Internal Revenue Service (IRS) attorney has demanded a Congressional audit of the IRS to investigate the agency's alleged role in allowing American corporations to illegally avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes at the same time the agency is cracking down on individuals and small businesses. Ref. Source 5

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U.S. Companies Are Stashing $2.1 Trillion Overseas to Avoid Taxes:

Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Google Inc. And five other tech firms now account for more than a fifth of the $2.10 trillion in profits that U.S. Companies are holding overseas, according to a Bloomberg News review of the securities filings of 304 corporations. Ref. Source 5?

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IRS: Abortions are Eligible for a Tax Deduction, Stillborn Babies are Not

It’s tax time and millions of Americans are looking for extra deductions to get the maximum refund possible. Some Americans may be surprised to know that, if they aborted their baby last year, they’re eligible for a deduction. Ref. Source 8

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The IRS believes that a breach that enabled cybercriminals to steal the tax returns of more than 100,000 people originated in Russia, two sources briefed on the data theft tell CNN.

On Tuesday, the Internal Revenue Service announced that organized crime syndicates used personal data obtained from elsewhere to access tax information, which they then used to file $50 million in fraudulent returns. Ref. CNN

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IRS hack far larger than first thought

The IRS reports another 220,000 accounts hacked Ref. Source 9q