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Tax Pros Don't Need to Sweat the IRS Budget Cuts

This is the first post from our slew of freelancer candidates. The following is by Jeremy Woodward.

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FYI: Going Off the Grid for Your Personal Safety Does Not Constitute a Legitimate Reason for Not Paying Taxes

If Lauryn Hill can't use this reasoning, it's likely that you won't be able to either.

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Memo to "I'm-not-a-good-test-taker" Tax Preparers: The IRS Asks That You Take Their Competency Exam Sooner Rather Than Later

Just as a precautionary measure.

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Apparently Some People Filed Tax Returns In Their Pets' Names

Everyone knows that the IRS makes silly mistakes from time to time, but presuming that the Service employees who look at these tax returns won't be fooled by a 1040 from "First Name: Mr." and "Last Name: Bojangles" seems a little reckless:

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Tormentors of IRS Fresno Location Have Lost Their Sense of Scatological Humor

But just to be safe, everyone in Fresno should be on a heightened alert of scent.

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What Other Songs Are on the IRS Commissioner's Workout Playlist?

NPR's attempt to offer up something other than the usual tax day fare includes sharing IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman's workout playlist.

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The IRS Could Use a Hand Here

Specifically, because a lot of taxpayers could...uh, use a hand here:

IRS Gets Half of the Affordable Care Act Implementation Play Money

Doug Shulman's shop is getting $500 million of the $1 billion set aside for implementing ACA:

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Doug Shulman: Five Years As IRS Commissioner Is Plenty for Me, Thanks

Come November, we're going to have a new Commish:

The IRS Seems To Have Its Priorities Bassackwards

The new preparer regulation system is up and running. Accenture, formerly Andersen Consulting, collects millions to process PTINs, while millions more go to Prometric, to administer the “competency exams.” Everyone, I mean, everything, is under control.

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