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This March 20, 2018, file photo shows the Venmo app on an iPad in Baltimore. A group of Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation that would repeal the requirement that third-party internet platforms like Venmo and PayPal report transactions of more than $600 to the Internal Revenue Service. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

IRS delays reporting rule for $600 electronic payments

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The report from the House Ways &amp; Means Committee, regarding the IRS and former President Donald Trump's tax returns, is photographed Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Trump’s taxes: House OKs bill on IRS audits of presidents

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, speaks during a hearing on preparedness for and response to the coronavirus outbreak on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Rep. Chip Roy pushes to slash IRS funding by $7.7 billion in spending bill

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Illustration on those left behind by the omnibus spending bill by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Omnibus spending bill dodges 1099-K tax reporting relief for families

By Patrice Onwuka

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, on March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS will miss deadline to solve backlog by end of 2022

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Information on former President Donald Trump's tax returns, released in a staff report by the Joint Committee on Taxation, are photographed Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

IRS mandatory presidential audit policy goes under spotlight

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, on March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

House Dems rap IRS for failing to properly audit Trump during his presidency

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Light illuminates part of the Supreme Court building at dusk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Supreme Court to weigh challenge to IRS summons of taxpayer data without notice

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time as he pauses while speaking at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

House panel schedules meeting to decide what to do with Trump’s tax returns

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, on March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Group challenges IRS requirement to disclose nonprofit donors’ personal info

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, on March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

As crackdown on taxpayers looms, feds’ own improper payments go unchecked

By Rachel Greszler

Former FBI Director James Comey speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill Washington, Dec. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Watchdog report exposes New York Times, shows Trump didn’t order IRS audits of FBI leaders

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Jack Smith, the Department of Justice's chief of the Public Integrity Section, poses for a photo at the Department of Justice in Washington, Aug. 24, 2010. Smith, the prosecutor named as special counsel to oversee investigations related to former President Donald Trump, has a long career confronting public corruption and war crimes. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Doubts emerge about the impartiality of DOJ special prosecutor unleashed on Trump

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, on March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS contractor gets more scrutiny in congressional report

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

Then-acting IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 27, 2013, before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing. President Joe Biden has nominated a new commissioner to navigate the IRS through a massive funding boost as the tax collector's current leader ends his term this week. Werfel, who currently leads Boston Consulting Groups global public sector practice, was nominated Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, to serve as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Biden nominates veteran Democratic tax man to lead beefed-up IRS

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

This March 22, 2013, photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Congress’ grab for Trump tax returns previews new era of weaponized IRS

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A portion of the 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return form is shown on July 24, 2018, in New York. Taxpayers will get fatter standard deductions for 2023 and all seven federal income tax bracket levels will be revised upward as the government allows people to shield more of their money from taxation because of persistently high inflation. For couples who file jointly for tax year 2023, the standard deduction increases to $27,700 up $1,800 from tax year 2022, the IRS announced. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

IRS: Growing gap between US income taxes owed and paid

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington on March 22, 2013. IRS pleas for more funding from Congress finally paid off this summer. That's when Democrats tucked an $80 billion boost for the agency into their flagship climate and health care law. But, as GOP candidates across the country are making clear, the battle over IRS funding has only just begun. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS hires 4,000 customer service workers ahead of tax season

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., arrives for a vote on Capitol Hill, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE**

Kansas GOP senator looks to add protections for taxpayers targeted by Biden’s beefed-up IRS

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

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Tax preparer who helped steal $44 million in pandemic loans gets 10 years in prison

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times