Internal Revenue Service

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**FILE** Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Oversight Committee on Aug. 2, 2012. (Associated Press)

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News Item: IRS can read your emails. (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)

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If the IRS made a GPS ... (Illustration by Walt Handelsman of Newsday)

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William Shatner says he is appalled at an IRS parody of the popular "Star Trek" franchise on March 26, 2013. (Twitter)

This undated handout photo provided by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) shows National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson. The nation's tax law is so thick and complicated that businesses and individuals spend more than 6 billion hours a year complying with filing requirements. (AP Photo/Christopher Germano, IRS) **FILE**

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U.S. Attorney for the District Ronald C. Machen Jr. holds a news briefing in July with Ronald T. Hosko of the FBI (left) and Rick A. Raven of the Internal Revenue Service about the guilty plea of Eugenia C. Harris for city political campaign violations. (Associated Press)

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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman David Camp, Michigan Republican, has asked the IRS to specify how it will use a half-billion dollars it's getting to implement the new health care law. Republicans are revamping their strategy against Obamacare. (Associated Press)