Taxes

The IRS gave out between $13.3 billion and $15.6 billion in improper payments last year, according to the agency's inspector general. (Thinkstock)

IRS program hands out billions in bad payments for earned income tax credit, watchdog finds

Kelly Cohen -

May 13, 2014 4:00 am

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told Congress recently that the IRS must have an additional $1.2 billion to spend this year, due mainly to the tax agency's increased responsibilities under Obamacare. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

IRS’ office spending splurge includes $1,200 chairs

Mark Tapscott -

May 13, 2014 4:00 am

The Treasury Department reported Monday that the federal government ran a $107 billion surplus in April, the month in which individual income tax returns were due. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Economy

Treasury reports $107 billion surplus in April, less than estimated

Joseph Lawler -

May 12, 2014 4:00 am

Energy and Environment

With energy efficiency bill doomed to fail, Senate will pivot to tax cuts

Susan Ferrechio -

May 12, 2014 4:00 am

Emails from Sylvania City Schools included solicitations for parents to help with a $3.8 million continuous levy, which would appear on the May 6 primary ballot. (Thinkstock)

Education

Ohio citizen watchdog exposes school district’s illegal tax hike campaign

Maggie Thurber -

May 11, 2014 4:00 am

Economy

Big Ideas: On Internet taxes, equal opportunity and citizenship

Joseph Lawler -

May 9, 2014 4:00 am

States and local communities aren't waiting for the federal government to establish rules for electronic cigarettes, enacting their own laws to regulate, restrict and tax the increasingly ubiquitous battery-powered inhalers. (Thinkstock Image)

Healthcare

States try to tamp down e-cigarettes

Sean Lengell -

May 9, 2014 4:00 am

New tolls, higher gas tax considered for more highway funding

Lisa Ruhl -

May 7, 2014 4:00 am

Employees at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., work on a Passat sedan. (AP/Erik Schelzig)

Beltway Confidential

United Auto Workers even subpoenaed conservative group’s intern

Sean Higgins -

May 7, 2014 4:00 am

Economy

VIDEO: Paul Ryan says economy not hitting its potential

Lisa Ruhl -

May 7, 2014 4:00 am

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Tag: Taxes

IRS program hands out billions in bad payments for earned income tax credit, watchdog finds

IRS’ office spending splurge includes $1,200 chairs

Treasury reports $107 billion surplus in April, less than estimated

With energy efficiency bill doomed to fail, Senate will pivot to tax cuts

Ohio citizen watchdog exposes school district’s illegal tax hike campaign

Big Ideas: On Internet taxes, equal opportunity and citizenship

States try to tamp down e-cigarettes

New tolls, higher gas tax considered for more highway funding

United Auto Workers even subpoenaed conservative group’s intern

VIDEO: Paul Ryan says economy not hitting its potential

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