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April 18, 2025
Grace Segers
How Trump’s War on the IRS Impacts the GOP’s Debt Ceiling Fight
The agency is being gutted at the same time that its revenue will determine how much longer the government can operate before defaulting on its debt.
April 8, 2024
Bryce Covert
The IRS Finally Cracked the Code on Making Tax Season Suck Less
The Inflation Reduction Act created a pilot program that’s finally given Americans a free and easy way to file their federal taxes with the government, and it’s getting rave reviews.
April 15, 2015
Danny Vinik
Raise Our Taxes. Please.
April 15, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Read My Lips: More New Taxes!
A bigger April 15 bill would mean a better society
April 14, 2014
Danny Vinik
Americans Don't Find Taxes Very Hard. But Republicans Keep Saying We Have to Simplify Them.
April 17, 2012
Alec MacGillis
Has The Tide Turned On Taxes?
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