News | Economy & Labor IRS Pursues 125,000 Non-Filing Cases in Crackdown on Wealthy Tax Evaders The IRS chief said there was a "tax gap" of over $150 billion each year that the wealthy owe but do not pay. By Olivia Rosane , CommonDreams March 1, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections IRS Estimates $561B Tax Revenue Rise With Crackdown on Corporations and the Rich Republicans have waged a multiyear effort to claw back the funding that allows the IRS to increase scrutiny on the rich. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout February 7, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Tlaib: Meta’s Taxes Would Drop From 25 Percent to -2 Percent Under New Tax Bill Congressional leaders are working on a bipartisan tax bill that would hand tax cuts to corporations and the rich. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 31, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Report: Thomas May Also Be Dodging Tax Bill With Failure to Report Gifts The likely millions of dollars worth of gifts Thomas has received may count as taxable income, a recent report found. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 3, 2024 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Warren, Sanders Call for End to Rules Letting Billionaire Dynasties Dodge Taxes The lawmakers are calling for scrutiny of some of the most popular forms of tax evasion by the richest Americans. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 21, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Democrats Lambast GOP Plan to Abolish Income Tax and Impose 30 Percent Sales Tax “Are they TRYING to show exactly how out of touch they are?” Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 19, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Republicans Vote to Revoke IRS Funding, Which Would Raise Deficit by $114B The White House slammed the bill, saying the GOP has made it clear its top priority is to protect rich tax cheats. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 10, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections When It Comes to Greed and Tax Dodging, Sanders Points Out “Trump Is Not Alone” Sen. Sanders called out seven major companies that also paid no federal income taxes in 2020. By Jon Queally , CommonDreams January 1, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Republicans’ Response to Taxing the Rich? Tax the Poor. GOP Sen. Rick Scott's new plan would place a new tax on the bottom half of income earners in the U.S. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout February 23, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor More Than Half of US’s 100 Richest People Dodge Estate Taxes Via Special Trusts The estate tax can be easily avoided by exploiting a loophole unwittingly created by Congress three decades ago. By Jeff Ernsthausen , James Bandler , Justin Elliott , Patricia Callahan , ProPublica September 28, 2021 Truthout