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700 IRS contract workers owe $5.4M in back taxes

Nearly 700 employees of Internal Revenue Service contractors owe $5.4 million in back taxes, said a report Wednesday by the agency’s inspector general. More than half of those workers are supposed to be ineligible to do work for the IRS because they are not enrolled in installment plans to pay the taxes they owe. Unlike […] Continue reading →

Gay Spouses in All States Can File Joint Taxes, U.S. Says

Bloomberg – by Richard Rubin & Margaret Collins Married gay couples living in all U.S. states can file joint federal tax returns, even if local authorities don’t recognize their marriages, the Obama administration said today. The decision by the Treasury Department implements the Supreme Court’s decision in June to overturn part of the federal Defense of Marriage […] Continue reading →