A direct path to the IRS threatened a powerful player in tax prep. Now the project is gone. The Watchdog explains how—and why ...

With the start of tax season approaching, Democratic and Republican lawmakers are split on the future of Direct File, the IRS' free tax filing program. The program has been controversial among ...

House members have asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to overhaul an IRS staking rewards rule before 2026 rolls around.

A group of Republican lawmakers is urging the Trump administration to repeal a 2023 IRS rule taxing cryptocurrency staking ...

That’s a lot of kibble. Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV), whose pet English bulldog Babydog has been a DC darling since he took office in January, has agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle a tax debt ...

A member of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee said on Friday that he plans to take a closer look at the IRS to make sure the agency is doing an adequate job of overseeing tax-exempt ...

Republican Senator Jim Justice and his wife didn’t pay his taxes, and now have to pay the IRS $5 million. On Monday, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Justice and his wife, Cathy, seeking ...

WASHINGTON - Republicans said Sunday that the Internal Revenue Service's heightened scrutiny of conservative political groups was "chilling" and further eroded public trust in government. Lawmakers ...

Hey Watchdog! I saw a short item in the news recently that the Internal Revenue Service was stopping something called Direct File. I never heard of it and wonder if it will affect me. Watchdog: Direct ...