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In this Jan. 8, 2015 file photo, a for sale sign is posted in front of a home in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

TAX TIME: IRS can teach your family about money

By Don Milne - Deseret News

RICHARD RAHN: Abolish the IRS

By Richard W. Rahn

Unequal justice in government illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

RICHARD RAHN: Lois Lerner, Hillary Clinton should be subject to rule of law

By Richard W. Rahn

In a speech this week, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen insisted his agency has turned the corner on problems with employee behavior in recent years. (Associated Press)

Takisha Brown, former IRS ethics office lawyer, disbarred by D.C. Court of Appeals

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Republican governors unwittingly recruited by biofuels lobby

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Lois G. Lerner, who was head of the IRS division that scrutinized the tea party applications until she retired while under investigation in 2013, suffered a computer hard drive crash that cost potentially thousands of emails that should have been part of the record. (Associated Press)

IRS ordered to release list of targeted tea party groups

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Ayru Crymef of Washington, and others with the Service Employees International Union, hold signs depicting numbers of people who have lost heath care coverage during a rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, as the court was hearing arguments in King v. Burwell, a major test of President Barack Obama's health overhaul which, if successful, could halt health care premium subsidies in all the states where the federal government runs the insurance marketplaces. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

HealthCare.gov says 36K-plus have used extra signup time to avoid Obamacare penalty

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner testifies March 5, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Investigators said Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, they have recovered 32,000 emails related to the former IRS official at the heart of the agency’s tea party scandal. But they don’t know how many of them are new. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Lois Lerner, former IRS official, won’t be charged with contempt

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen said Tuesday that said the first year of Obamacare tax filings "has gone smoothly," which he said would have surprised a number of folks based on the botched rollout of the Obamacare website a year ago.

John Koskinen: ‘Not the IRS’ of years past

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 12, 2014 file photo, legions of slot machines have few customers at Harrah's Tunica casino in Robinsonville, Miss., prior to being shut down in June. A division of Caesars Entertainment Corp. is asking a federal bankruptcy judge for permission to &quot;dismantle and liquidate&quot; part of its shuttered Harrah's casino complex in Mississippi's Tunica County. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

IRS plan to require tax forms for wins of $600

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IRS Commissioner John Koskinen (Associated Press) **FILE**

Shades of HealthCare.gov? IRS shifting customer service online to IRS.gov

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen here on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

IRS botches computer security, risks taxpayer info: audit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told Congress on Wednesday that he has had to take money away from answering phone calls and instead spend it on technology and personnel to carry out President Obama's health care law. (Associated Press)

IRS blames Obamacare for shoddy customer service

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Tea Party supporters gather for a rally outside the IRS headquarter in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. A few dozen tea party activists and their supporters have gathered outside the IRS headquarters in Washington to protest extra scrutiny of their organizations. (Associated Press) **FILE**

IRS chief admits some tea party groups still waiting approval

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Ayru Crymef of Washington, and others with the Service Employees International Union, hold signs depicting numbers of people who have lost heath care coverage during a rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, as the court was hearing arguments in King v. Burwell, a major test of President Barack Obama's health overhaul which, if successful, could halt health care premium subsidies in all the states where the federal government runs the insurance marketplaces. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obamacare special enrollment for penalty payers a one-time deal, admin says

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (IRS) building is seen in Washington on April 13, 2014. Unscrupulous tax preparers are using President Obama's health care law as a ploy to pocket bogus fines from unsuspecting taxpayers, including some immigrants not bound by the law's requirements, the IRS warned March 13, 2015. (Associated Press)

Tax preparers scamming filers for Obamacare ‘individual mandate’ tax: IRS

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Obama's November 2014 amnesty policy, which has been put on hold by a federal court, would apply to as many as 4 million illegal immigrants. They would be granted three years of tentative legal status and be given work permits and Social Security numbers. (Associated Press)

IRS ‘amnesty bonus’ tax refunds for illegal immigrants to cost $2 billion over 5 years

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Hillary Rodham Clinton's silence has left fellow Democrats to field pointed questions, with some saying she needs to be more forthcoming, while others have wavered, saying they believe the issue has been stoked by Republicans eager to score political points on the presumptive front-runner for Democrats' 2016 presidential nomination. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton email scandal spreads as tea party group seeks private IRS messages

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times