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Grassley Backs Mileage Deduction Bill
September 5, 2008 - Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, said he planned to co-sponsor...
CAQ Warns of 'Catastrophic Liability Threat'
August 29, 2008 - The Center for Audit Quality has sent a letter to the Treasury Department's Advisory Committee on the...
Cox Praises PCAOB Decision
August 22, 2008 - SEC Chairman Christopher Cox hailed an appeals court decision that said the Public Company Accounting...
Dorgan and Levin Blast Corporate Tax System
August 14, 2008 - Two senators criticized the nonpayment of federal taxes by many U.S. companies and foreign companies...
Baucus Slams IRS Response to ID Theft
August 6, 2008 - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., accused the Internal Revenue Service of falling...
Bush Signs Housing Rescue Bill
July 30, 2008 - President Bush has signed into law a bill that will help homeowners facing foreclosure and shore up...
CPAs Head to Washington
July 24, 2008 - Executive CPA leaders from 81 of the top 100 accounting firms in the U.S. visited Capitol Hill to discuss...
Levin Calls for Closing Down UBS
July 17, 2008 - As a Senate subcommittee and the Internal Revenue Service probe the use of Swiss bank accounts as tax...
Senate Committee Considers Foreign Tax Treaties
July 10, 2008 - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held hearings on proposed tax treaties and protocols with Canada...
IRS Probes Audit Firms on Tax Shelters
July 3, 2008 - The Internal Revenue Service plans to hold a conference call on July 8 with the six largest audit firms...
House Considers Mandating Employer IRA Plans
June 26, 2008 - The House Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee held hearings on bills that would encourage...
House Committee Passes AMT Relief Bill
June 19, 2008 - The House Ways and Means Committee has passed a bill aimed at forestalling the spread of the alternative...
Baucus Introduces Energy and Tax Relief Bill
June 13, 2008 - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., introduced the Energy Independence and Tax Relief...
Senate Considers Small Business Tax Reform
June 5, 2008 - The Senate Finance Committee held hearings on small business tax issues as part of a series of hearings...
Brother Pleads Guilty in DC Tax Scandal
May 30, 2008 - The brother of the former manager of the Washington, D.C., tax office has pleaded guilty in a wide...
House Passes Bill with Tax Preparer Relief
May 22, 2008 - The House of Representatives has passed a bill containing a set of tax deductions and extensions, renewable...
Rangel Introduces Tax Extension Bill
May 15, 2008 - Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has introduced a bill...
Senate Democrats Propose Windfall Profits Tax
May 8, 2008 - Senate Democrats have proposed legislation that would roll back $17 billion in tax breaks for oil and...
Government Wins Another Tax Shelter Case
April 30, 2008 - The government won its second victory in the past month in a lease-in, lease-out tax shelter case,...
Senate Hears About Taxes on Cap-and-Trade System
April 24, 2008 - The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the tax aspects of a cap-and-trade program to control...
House Repeals Private Debt Collection Program
April 18, 2008 - Right on time for the conclusion of tax season, the House has passed a bill that promises to make tax...
Obama Releases Tax Returns
March 27, 2008 - Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has released seven years of tax returns, putting added...
Rangel Introduces Housing Tax Bill
April 9, 2008 - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., has introduced a bill to help struggling...
Senate Reaches Agreement on Housing Tax Breaks
April 3, 2008 - Senate Democratic and Republican leaders have reached a compromise on a bill to provide tax breaks...
Lieberman Questions IRS Probe of Obama Speech
March 20, 2008 - Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I.-Conn., has written a letter to the Internal Revenue Service asking for an...
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