Government bureaucratic inefficiency, mismanagement, and theft is by and large the status quo for most federal and state government agencies and offices. From the outright corruption of the Bell City Council which resulted in the mayor’s arrest and conviction,[1] to the Pentagon having 6.5 Trillion Dollars in accounting and bookkeeping irregularities,[2] Nikita Khrushchev’s famous statement “Politicians are the same all over.
Read MoreIt’s all champagne wishes and caviar dreams for some IRS employees, according to a recent Senate Finance Committee Report. The report found that in fiscal year 2015 alone, the IRS spent more than $1.4 million on long-term travel for only 27 employees, with the average cost of each trip amounting to approximately $52,800 of taxpayer money.
Read MoreIn an admission that would literally surprise no one, the recently released IRS inspector general report finds an issue with the agency’s customer service.[1] Specifically, “IRS employees ignored more than 30 million phone calls from desperate taxpayers seeking help in the run-up to the 2015 filing deadline.”
Read MoreAs the holiday season nears an end, many of us dread the impending tax season that follows on its heels. At least some taxpayers can look forward to receiving their refund from the IRS. Money is generally good motivation to file early.
Read MoreDespite efforts by the House Freedom Caucus on Tuesday to force the House of Representatives to vote on whether to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen as early as this Thursday, the House managed to table the issue—yet again.[
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