IRS May Audit AFL-CIO, NEA, More
The Landmark Legal Found. filed an IRS complaint July 20 against the Nat'l Edu. Ass'n. citing new evidence not only of NEA's use of millions of dollars of tax-exempt funds for political purposes, but...
View ArticleMd. Union Shoved Payroll Taxes to own Organizers
The IRS recently found that the Md. State Tchrs. Assn. (MSTA) avoided paying payroll taxes and denied their organizers employment benefits. In a Feb. 23rd letter to the MSTA, IRS officials said that...
View ArticleBrooklyn, N.Y. Contractor Sentenced for Role in Building Cost Overrun Scheme
The massive scandal surrounding the renovation of New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) headquarters in Lower Manhattan continues to reverberate. The latest casualty in this...
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IRS Severs Ties to ACORN in Wake of Scandals, Tax Liens
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, is fast becoming radioactive to any organization contemplating doing business (or further business) with it. Federal agencies are no...
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First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Program Rife with Fraud; IRS Employees in on...
Despite its brief existence, the federal government's $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers already has proven to be a costly boondoggle. And in what appears to be an act of unintended comedy,...
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Congress Passes, Obama Signs First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Extension/Expansion
Homeownership as a moral right has been the great unspoken reason for the nation's financial collapse of the past year and a half. And unfortunately Congress and successive administrations appear all...
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NYC-Area Scam Artist Can't Keep $12 Million
His name was Joseph Castello. But for years he was known to his associates as "Joey Checks." That's because for almost a decade Castello handled other peoples' checks - more than $600 million worth, in...
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Sharpton's Finances in Disarray Despite Bloomberg Support
By any reasonable standard, Reverend Al Sharpton is the most powerful black civil-rights leader in New York City, if not the entire nation. So why are the finances of his nearly two-decade-old...
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IRS Expedited Tax Exemption for Obama Foundation While Stiffing Tea Party
In May 2011, the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to investigate the Barack H. Obama Foundation, which was soliciting tax-deductible contributions from...
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Were Republicans Targeted in GM and Chrysler Dealership Closures?
The IRS scandal that revealed targeting of conservative groups by the Treasury Department has reopened speculation that the Obama-orchestrated auto bailouts unfairly targeted Republican-leaning...
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Did IRS Target Homebuilders on Behalf of Laborers Union?
In the fall of 2011 the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) submitted Freedom of Information requests to the Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service following an announcement that the...
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IRS Scandal: America Needs the Truth
NLPC Chairman Ken Boehm was interviewed for CNN's "The Truth about the IRS Scandal" airing this week on "Erin Burnett OutFront," at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET. He has this op-ed posted today on the CNN...
View ArticleSharpton's Tax Problems Get More Scrutiny
I was a guest this morning on Fox & Friends to discuss Al Sharpton's longstanding practice of not paying his taxes. Here's the video:Watch the latest video at...
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IRS Proposes Dangerous Donor Reporting Rule
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) proposed a new rule in September that would allow charities to voluntarily report to the IRS contributions of more than $250. For donors reported to the IRS, the new...
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