ARTICLES BY STEPHEN OHLEMACHER/ASSOCIATED PRESS
$100M tax bill? Your check is no good
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
FOIA backlog soars despite Obama pledge of transparency
WASHINGTON - Federal agencies are struggling to keep up with the growing number of requests for public information, raising questions in Congress about the Obama administration's dedication to transparency.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Fake IRS agents target more than 366,000 in huge tax scam
WASHINGTON - Fake IRS agents have targeted more than 366,000 people with harassing phone calls demanding payments and threatening jail in the largest scam of its kind in the history of the agency, a federal investigator said Thursday.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
House GOP forcing 2016 debate on Social Security's finances
WASHINGTON - House Republicans want Congress to address the troubled finances of Social Security's disability program, setting the stage for a contentious debate that could affect 11 million people in the middle of the next presidential campaign.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS AGO
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COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
'Absolutely staggering'
WASHINGTON - Tax credits for families that don't qualify. Medicare payments for treatments that might not be necessary. Unemployment benefits for people who are secretly working. Federal agencies reported making $100 billion in payments last year to people who may not have been entitled to receive them.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Koskinen refuses to apologize for lost emails
WASHINGTON - Defiant before skeptical Republicans, the head of the IRS refused to apologize Friday for lost emails that might shed light on the tax agency's targeting of tea party and other groups before the 2010 and 2012 elections.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
