The Obama administration isn't the first to face criticism of using the Internal Revenue Service as a political hit squad. Since the advent of the federal income tax about a century ago, several presidents – or their zealous underlings – have directed the IRS to turn its formidable police powers on political rivals.

(Reuters) - Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook will propose tax changes that would encourage firms to bring home more of their offshore funds when he faces congressional queries next Tuesday over his company's overseas cash holdings and tax bills, the Washington Post reported. Cook's proposals would aim to put more companies' offshore money to use creating jobs and conducting research and development in the ...

Too complex, poorly targeted, too arbitrary: These are some of the criticisms The Institute for College Access and Success levels against the federal student loan program in a comprehensive white paper, "Aligning the Means and the Ends: How to Improve Federal Student Aid and Increase College Access and Success."

South Carolina's unemployment agency reports that it's overpaying less and recouping more of the excess benefits it does dole out. But state senators said Monday the numbers are not good enough. "We're ...

Hip hop star Lauryn Hill gets three months for tax evasion NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A U.S. magistrate judge sentenced Grammy-winning hip hop artist Lauryn Hill to three months in prison, three months in home confinement and a $60,000 fine on Monday for federal tax evasion. Hill pleaded guilty last year to three counts of failing to file tax returns on more than $1.8 million of income ...

The Obama administration isn't the first to face criticism of using the Internal Revenue Service as a political hit squad. Since the advent of the federal income tax about a century ago, several presidents – or their zealous underlings – have directed the IRS to turn its formidable police powers on political rivals.

Héctor Carrillo at The New York Times on machismo in Brazil "Brazil is potentially poised to become the third and largest country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage," says Héctor Carrillo, referring to prior legislation in Argentina, Uruguay, and parts of Mexico. ...

REUTERS - Apple Inc(AAPL.O) CEO Tim Cook will propose tax changes that would encourage firms to bring home more of their offshore funds when he faces congressional queries next Tuesday over his company's ...

Jackie Robinson biopic made pitcher who faced him a villain: daughter KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - When a racist pitcher beans Jackie Robinson in the head in the new movie about the first black man to play major league baseball, Sherrill Duesterhaus wants everybody in the theater to know it's a lie. Duesterhaus' father, Fritz Ostermueller, threw the pitch, but it did not hit Robinson in the ...

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