Skip Navigation
IRS
July 3, 2019
MagazineJ.C. Pan
Democratic Rot and the Origins of American Conspiracism
Crank ideas have always flourished in times of great instability and inequality.
January 17, 2018
David Dayen
The Government’s Taxes on Citizens’ Free Time
The Trump administration's latest shenanigans add to the growing, everyday burden of being an American.
May 11, 2017
Brian Beutler
Our Rendezvous With Authoritarianism Has Arrived
Comey’s firing should be a frightful awakening from complacency. If Trump gets away with it, he will read it as permission to run amok.
April 18, 2017
Brian Beutler
Trump’s Tax Secrecy Will Haunt Republicans in 2018
Politicians who are abetting his corruption will have a lot to answer for in the midterm elections—if Democrats make an issue of his tax returns.
May 13, 2016
Brian Beutler
Facebook, the IRS, and the GOP’s Bullshit Feedback Loop
Republicans can't resist a good anti-conservative conspiracy theory.
March 19, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Dear Politicians, Stop Calling People "Taxpayers"
July 29, 2014
Danny Vinik
House Republicans Are Helping People (and Corporations) Cheat on Their Taxes
June 26, 2014
Brian Beutler
The Maddening Illogic of the IRS 'Coverup' Conspiracy Theory
June 4, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
The Latest Obamacare Glitch and Why It's (Probably) No Big Deal
May 6, 2014
David Dayen
IRS to Tax Dodgers: Your Swiss Accounts Are Safe
A delay in a new rule will protect big banks' big-shot clients
April 11, 2014
Alec MacGillis
If the IRS Was Targeting Karl Rove's Shadowy Group, It Was Doing Its Job
August 2, 2013
Alec MacGillis
The Media's Shameful Role in the Phony IRS Scandal
July 29, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Conservatives 'Won' the Phony IRS Scandal. And Democrats Helped Them.
July 11, 2013
Walter Kirn
Born in the ***
July 1, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Why Obama Should Embrace the IRS Scandal
... and pray Max Baucus helps him
June 28, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Why Did Democrats Cede So Much Ground on the IRS "Scandal"?
May 28, 2013
Tod Lindberg
Appointing an IRS Independent Counsel Is a Terrible, Terrible Idea
It's probably bad for Obama, probably bad for his enemies, and certainly bad for America
May 23, 2013
Noam Scheiber
Hunger Games
The conservative plan to starve government has paid off with the IRS scandal
May 22, 2013
Marc Tracy
What Did Republicans Know, And When Did They Know It?
The real reason conservatives should be outraged: Their party didn't politicize it sooner.
May 21, 2013
Lydia DePillis
Just the Facts for J. Russell George
The "low key" IRS watchdog explains the limits of his job

Our Writers

Kate AronoffClimate & Energy
Matt FordLaw & The Courts
Melissa Gira GrantLGBTQ Rights
Jason LinkinsPower & Plutocracy
Timothy NoahPolitics & Economy
Tori OttenBreaking News
Ellie Quinlan HoughtalingBreaking News
Greg SargentPolitics & Democracy
Grace SegersCongress & Elections
Walter ShapiroPolitics & Campaigns
Alex ShephardPolitics & Media
Heather Souvaine HornClimate Change
Michael TomaskyPolitics & Ideas
About The New Republic’s history