Rettig, Charles P
I.R.S. Routinely Audited Obama and Biden, Raising Questions Over Delays for Trump
WASHINGTON — The I.R.S. subjected both President Donald J. Trump’s predecessor and his successor to annual audits of their tax returns once they took office, spokespeople for Barack Obama and President Biden said on Wednesday, intensifying questions about how Mr. Trump escaped such scrutiny until Democrats in the House started inquiring. Late Tuesday, a House […]
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I.R.S. Asks Inspector General to Review Audits of Comey and McCabe
The I.R.S. said on Thursday that it had asked the inspector general who oversees tax matters to investigate how James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, and his deputy, Andrew G. McCabe — both perceived enemies of former President Donald J. Trump — came to be faced with rare, exhaustive audits that the agency says […]
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Comey and McCabe, Who Infuriated Trump, Both Faced Intensive I.R.S. Audits
Among tax lawyers, the most invasive type of random audit carried out by the I.R.S. is known, only partly jokingly, as “an autopsy without the benefit of death.” The odds of being selected for that audit in any given year are tiny — out of nearly 153 million individual returns filed for 2017, for example, […]
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Amid Russia Invasion, I.R.S. Aims to Police Oligarch Sanctions
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service is pressing Congress to devote more resources to the agency as it takes an increasingly central role in the Biden administration’s efforts to prevent Russia and its oligarchs from evading the punishing sanctions that the United States has imposed. Aides to Charles P. Rettig, the I.R.S. commissioner, told congressional […]
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