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From the minute Trump announced Billy Long as his IRS pick it was obvious this would end badly, but every Senate Republican voted to confirm his nomination anyway. He didn't even last two months on the job.

IRS Special Agent Stephan George's testimony established that almost 149,000 USDT was sent from Hanfeng Lin's account, eventually flowing through Tornado Cash, using specific blockchain tracing methods.

Churches can now openly involve themselves in elections, but in doing so, they risk becoming de facto political organizations.

"This action is not about religion or free speech, but about radically altering campaign finance laws."

The I.R.S. said on Monday that churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates to their congregations, carving out an exemption in a decades-old ban on political activity by tax-exempt nonprofits.

Given the historical context, and decades of subsequent agency promises to protect taxpayer confidentiality and taxpayer reliance on those promises, the Administration's abrupt decision to re-interpret §6103 to allow sharing with ICE whenever a potential 'criminal proceeding' can be posited, is a textbook example of an arbitrary and capricious action even if the statute can be read to be ambiguous.

In recent courtroom decisions, judges expressed frustration with the constant reference to Moore's Federal Practice, suggesting it should not be a primary resource for legal staff. The expectation is for professionals to rely more on precedent and case law rather than textbooks.

Elected officials expressed strong concern regarding the deplorable office conditions faced by IRS employees, citing overcrowded spaces, insufficient supplies, and safety hazards from exposed wires.

The IRS recently clarified that victims of certain online scams can claim a theft loss deduction, addressing prior complexities with capital losses related to cryptocurrencies.

The IRS is relying on ID.me's own assessments of its solutions' performance, compromising independent verification of the identity proofing it requires for online applications.

The IRS has lost over 20% of its workforce since Trump took office, undermining Biden's hiring efforts and resulting in imminent layoffs.

"It's always been clear that the lawsuit was an attempt to intimidate us. Intimidation and retaliation were never going to work."

The continued extension of the federal hiring freeze demonstrates the administration's commitment to controlling federal spending and workforce size, impacting various agencies including the IRS.

To hold telework solely responsible for such issues is inappropriate. Given the need for supervisors to assess the portability of an individual employee's work, I am not convinced there should be an arbitrary six-day cap.

"The IRS has consistently been weaponized against American citizens, targeted religious organizations, journalists, gun owners, and everyday Americans," Moore asserted, according to a press release.