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The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, according to two people familiar with the decision. The program developed during Joe Biden’s presidency was credited by users with making tax filing easy, fast and economical. But Republican lawmakers and commercial tax preparation companies complained it was a waste of taxpayer money because free filing programs already exist, although they are hard to use. The program had been in limbo since the start of the Trump administration as Elon Musk and the Department of Government...

Joe Biden just can’t stop lying about his policies that have crushed the American people.How long has he been telling us that he only wants to go after the “rich” people with his phalanx of thousands of new IRS agents? A long time it seems. Anyone who knows Joe Biden knows what malarkey his claim truly is and we’ve pointed out some of the lies surrounding this claim in the past. But Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen finally admitted under grilling on Friday by Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, that 90 percent...

So, my wife and I decided to file our taxes. To my surprise and trust me it was a surprise we ended up owing money. What gets under my skin was the fact that we ended up owing because our employers either took too little or none at all during the last year(Federal that is). I think it was a ploy to save money on the employers behalf which left us with the bill. What I wanted to say to all Freepers that it might be in your best interest to check your W-4's for this year, since last year...

Rogers man given 3 years in IRS fraud Posted on Saturday, September 6, 2008 A scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service earned a Rogers man three years in federal prison. Douglas J. Haase, 53, was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison and fined $ 50, 000 for his part in a scheme to defraud the federal government. Hasse, a former Nabisco / Kraft employee, received more than $ 1. 5 million between 1999 and 2003 through an arrangement to have his American Express card payments made for him. Haase’s three partners in the scheme also were sentenced to...