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Trump Administration Plans IRS Overhaul to Target Liberal Donors and Nonprofits

2025-10-15 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Trump officials announced plans to remake the IRS to investigate liberal donors and nonprofit organizations, including specifically targeting George Soros and affiliated groups. The scheme involves replacing agency lawyers with political loyalists under the guise of ’terrorism financing’ …

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TIGTA update: IRS reductions and DRP effects as of July

2025-07-18 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 6/10

TIGTA reports IRS workforce cut 25% to 77,428 employees by May 2025. 17,847 approved for TDRP/VSIP programs. 27% of tax examiners and 26% of revenue agents separated. Enforcement function faces up to 50% cuts through 2026. Critical revenue collection capacity compromised.

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House Ways and Means Committee Releases Six Years of Trump Tax Returns

2022-12-30 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The House Ways and Means Committee released six years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns (2015-2020), ending a four-year legal battle and providing unprecedented public access to a sitting president’s financial records. The release followed the committee’s December 20, …

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Roger Stone Settles $2.1 Million Tax Fraud Case Over Drake Ventures Shell Company

2022-07-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

Department of Justice settles civil lawsuit with Roger Stone for $2.1 million over fraudulent transfers through Drake Ventures LLC, a Delaware shel…

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IRS Launches Virtual Currency Compliance Campaign Using Chainalysis

2018-07-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

The Internal Revenue Service announces a Virtual Currency Compliance Campaign to address tax noncompliance related to cryptocurrency use, heavily relying on Chainalysis blockchain surveillance software. The IRS Cyber Crimes Unit (CCU), a five-year-old division of IRS Criminal Investigation, deploys …

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Chainalysis Secures First Federal Contract with FBI for $9,000

2015-09-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

Chainalysis secures its first federal government contract, a $9,000 data software deal with the FBI, marking the beginning of the U.S. government’s systematic use of blockchain surveillance technology. In 2015, the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service are Chainalysis’s only federal …

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Church Committee begins exposing illegal intelligence activities

1975-01-27 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 6/10

The U.S. Senate voted 82-to-4 on January 27, 1975 to form the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, chaired by Senator Frank Church of Idaho. Created after Seymour Hersh’s December 1974 NYT revelations about CIA assassination attempts, the …

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