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  • In 1862, the U.S. Congress initiated a tax program that used revenue stamp taxes on almost all transactions, including personal, official, and business transactions and documents. (Public Domain)
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  • criminals IRS reminder: if you are a thief or illegal drug dealer, be sure to report those earnings David Pescovitz
  • News Millions of pandemic stimulus payments were deposited in wrong customer accounts due to IRS error, says TurboTax Xeni Jardin
  • class war Read ProPublica's excellent work on the IRS's targeting of poor taxpayers Thom Dunn
  • News IRS says U.S. taxpayers must file return by July 15 or ask for extension Xeni Jardin
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  • corporatism The sordid tale of Microsoft's epic tax evasion and the war they waged against the IRS Cory Doctorow
  • Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
  • transparency Suppressed internal emails reveal that the IRS actively helped tax-prep giants suppress Free File Cory Doctorow
  • corruption Leaks reveal how creepy, cultish monopolist Intuit lobbied Congress and the IRS to kill free tax-filing Cory Doctorow
  • late stage capitalism For the first time ever, taxes on the 400 richest Americans were lower than taxes on everyone else Cory Doctorow
  • guillotine watch IRS admits it audits poor people because auditing rich people is too expensive Cory Doctorow
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  • Business How the super-rich defeated the IRS's crack Global High Wealth unit Cory Doctorow
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