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Always it amounts to hand wringing, gab13by13 Dec 2022 #1
Problem is inthewind21 Dec 2022 #9
Trump obviously had control of IRS Tree Lady Dec 2022 #2
Comey and McCabe from the FBI maxsolomon Dec 2022 #36
He should have been in jail Meowmee Dec 2022 #3
According to Michael Cohen, gab13by13 Dec 2022 #28
Yes Meowmee Dec 2022 #41
The IRS UNDER DON TRMP failed America. spanone Dec 2022 #4
Bingo onetexan Dec 2022 #15
Looks like based on reported "wages" Trump kept his POTUS salary mchill Dec 2022 #5
He would have to report it as income but then could deduct it spooky3 Dec 2022 #18
It was money listed under wages mchill Dec 2022 #37
Agree. Any bets on whether he actually donated it? spooky3 Dec 2022 #40
No, Trump corrupted the IRS, just as he corrupted DOJ when he installed Barr and had him emulatorloo Dec 2022 #6
Let's be clear, it was not the IRS as a whole but Steve Mnuchin and Trump's Bev54 Dec 2022 #7
What law inthewind21 Dec 2022 #10
Not for me to decide and does not limit it to just these two. Bev54 Dec 2022 #13
The 'rules' should be codified into law, but don't count on the next House... Justice matters. Dec 2022 #14
They failed to follow internal agency policies and procedures BumRushDaShow Dec 2022 #21
Bingo!! onetexan Dec 2022 #16
Yes. There has to be a way to trace the chain of command to that decision, and at least fire that pe lindysalsagal Dec 2022 #19
I don't think we have seen it all, just part of it. Who knows what is coming? I know 1 thing: MORE Stuart G Dec 2022 #8
Tax code too complicated and there is zero interest in making it uncomplicated. Pepsidog Dec 2022 #11
Not just complicated, but "rigged" as a result of decades of lobbying by (x)illionaires and KPN Dec 2022 #17
100% agree. Pepsidog Dec 2022 #33
Yes...the private equity industry alone spent more than $600 million in the last decade Tanuki Dec 2022 #42
Well, they didn't fail to audit me once in the last ten years. paleotn Dec 2022 #12
Trump sure was lucky the IRS "failed" gulliver Dec 2022 #20
i don't think it was ...."just luck." but, we will all see soon. (my opinion only) Stuart G Dec 2022 #22
The entire tax system should be scrapped and twodogsbarking Dec 2022 #23
Hope some heads roll and indictments fall. Joinfortmill Dec 2022 #24
Math is HARD!! Maeve Dec 2022 #25
Wealthy people and large businesses can construct deliberately complex situations. patphil Dec 2022 #26
A big reason Trump did not get audited was his IRS chief was making money off of Trump properties. LaMouffette Dec 2022 #27
This!! n/t Hope22 Dec 2022 #31
Its been years since the IRS hired bean counters. jaxexpat Dec 2022 #29
Republicans hail 2 percent cut to IRS appropriation in omnibus LastLiberal in PalmSprings Dec 2022 #30
THIS is the real story- not that TFG never paid Quakerfriend Dec 2022 #32
Yes it did, but they botch this, don't think so, no this was a deliberate act republianmushroom Dec 2022 #34
It Seems The GOP Defund the IRS Campaign Has Worked TomCADem Dec 2022 #35
It's been working for them since 2007 NullTuples Dec 2022 #39
Isn't this exactly why Trump replaced any agency head w/ a loyalist or an "acting" head? NullTuples Dec 2022 #38
We have an infestation of MAGAts at every level of government. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2022 #43
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