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The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building is seen in Washington, on March 22, 2013. Congress is racing to wind down a tax break meant to encourage businesses to keep workers on the payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic. What was expected to cost the government $55 billion has instead cost it nearly five times that amount as of July. Meanwhile, new claims pour into the IRS each week. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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A COVID-era program is awash in fraud. Congress aims to wind it down and expand the child tax credit
By KEVIN FREKING AND FATIMA HUSSEIN - Associated Press
Sat,01/27/24-8:16AM , 84 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — When IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel met privately with senators recently, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee asked for his assessment of a startling report: A whistleblower estimated that 95% of claims now being made by businesses for a COVID-era tax break were
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The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington on March 22, 2013. IRS pleas for more funding from Congress finally paid off this summer. That's when Democrats tucked an $80 billion boost for the agency into their flagship climate and health care law. But, as GOP candidates across the country are making clear, the battle over IRS funding has only just begun. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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GOP campaigns against the IRS, vowing to slash its funding
By KEVIN FREKING AND FATIMA HUSSEIN - Associated Press
Fri,10/21/22-11:27PM , 338 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — IRS pleas for more funding from Congress — made over the years by one leader after another — finally paid off this summer when Democrats tucked an $80 billion boost for the agency into
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