Richard Rubin
covers federal tax policy. He worked at Congressional Quarterly and The Charlotte Observer before joining Bloomberg News in 2010.
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Senator Max Baucus, a Democrat from Montana, right, greets Douglas Shulman, commissioner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, prior to a hearing about tax policies relating to Ponzi schemes before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2009.
Baucus: Senate Will Get to Bottom of IRS Case
Senator Max Baucus, chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, said a formal investigation by his panel will get to the bottom of who at the Internal Revenue Service selectively screened groups applying for tax-exempt status based in part on...
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Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George, left, and Former Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service Steve Miller testify during a hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee on May 17, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
IRS Planted the Question that Started Scandal
The Internal Revenue Service wrote and planted the question asked on May 10 that led to the IRS scandal, the questioner said in a statement today. Celia Roady, a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in Washington, said that...
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Steven Miller
IRS: Republicans’ Own Selective Examination: ‘Targets’
Speaking of the truth vs. the whole truth, House Republicans did some selective editing of an inspector general’s report during today’s hearing on the Internal Revenue Service. Steven Miller, the acting — and outgoing — commissioner of the Internal Revenue...
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters in Washington, D.C.
IRS Scandal Good for Tax Reform: Baucus, Camp, in Interview
Written with Peter Cook The scandal at the Internal Revenue Service is emboldening the chief congressional proponents for rewriting the tax code, they said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “This actually leads to new momentum for tax reform,” said...
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Danny Werfel, federal controller, Office of Management and Budget, testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in Hart Building on the impacts of the sequestration on his agency.
Obama Naming Werfel for IRS
Updated at 3:25 pm EDT President Barack Obama has picked Danny Werfel, controller of the Office of Management and Budget, as acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. Werfel, 42, will replace Steven Miller, who was forced to resign yesterday...
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The Oversight Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Lawmakers Get 568 Pages of Tax Code Guidance
That thud you just heard was a 568-page pile of tax policy hitting desks around Washington. The nonpartisan congressional Joint Committee on Taxation released its summary today of the U.S. tax system (444 pages), various proposals to change it (45...
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Senator Max Baucus, a Democrat from Montana, speaks to the media while leaving the Blair House after a bipartisan meeting on deficit reduction with congressional leaders in Washington, D.C.
Baucus’s 2014 Retirement: Sixth Senate Democrat to Go
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus won’t seek re-election in 2014, ending a 36-year tenure capped by his authorship of the 2010 health care law. Baucus, 71, has been the top Democrat on the Finance Committee since 2001, often frustrating...
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Capitol Hill.
Reid Ramrods Online Sales Tax Bill
The online sales tax bill headed to the Senate floor this week took a very direct path there — right past the Finance Committee. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, maneuvered the bill past Committee Chairman Max Baucus,...
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A copy of the U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service 1040 Individual Income Tax form for the 2011 tax year belonging to President Barack Obama and his wife, first lady Michelle Obama.
Obama’s Pay Cut (Tax Break)
Talk about a circular transaction. President Barack Obama could be able to claim a tax break for his decision to return 5 percent of his salary to the government. Obama is giving back part of his $400,000 in salary in solidarity with federal...
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Star Trek
IRS Star Trek Video: Beam It Up
In the voyages of the Starship IRS, this was a malfunction. The Internal Revenue Service said late today that a “Star Trek” parody video sought by congressional investigators “did not reflect the best stewardship of resources.” Rep. Charles Boustany, a Louisiana...
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