Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
mastodon.gamedev.place is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Mastodon server focused on game development and related topics.

Administered by:

Server stats:

5.2K
active users

mastodon.gamedev.place: AboutProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.7

#irs

38 posts33 participants0 posts today
Public
Laffy

“#Trump admin official in March asked #IRS to review audit of MyPillow guy Mike Lindell

David Eisner, a political appointee at the Treasury Department, wrote to senior IRS staff that Lindell — whom he called a “high profile friend of the president” — had received his second audit letter in 2 years and “he is concerned he may have been inappropriately targeted.” washingtonpost.com/business/20

The Washington Post · Trump appointee asked IRS to review audit of MyPillow CEO Mike LindellBy Jacob Bogage
Public
DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic

Although it's illegal for a president to direct #IRS actions, the IRS is reportedly preparing to revoke #Harvard University’s tax-exempt status, a move seen as part of Donald #Trump’s ongoing attacks on higher education institutions. Trump recently called for the revocation on his Truth Social platform, accusing Harvard of promoting political and ideological agendas, which he claims violate the conditions for tax exemption.

nickanderson.substack.com/p/ac

Cartoon of trump toppling statue signifying academic freedom
Public
AnnaAnthro

#IRS making plans to rescind #Harvard’s tax-exempt status after the university refusal of #Trump admin demands for control over course contents, admissions, etc.

“Law professor Sam Brunson noted on Bluesky that this is illegal.

“In 1998, Congress explicitly provided that the President could not, directly or indirectly, request that the IRS start or end an audit or other investigation of a taxpayer.”

cnn.com/2025/04/16/politics/ir

CNN · IRS making plans to rescind Harvard’s tax-exempt statusBy Evan Perez
Continued thread
Public
Nonilex

#IRS Is Actually Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke #Harvard’s #TaxExempt Status — Cuz #USA Is An #Autocracy Now

The move would be a major violation of the law upon orders from the #Trump admin as it attempts to choke off federal money & support for #research & #academia in US #universities.

[Jiminy Cricket am I editorializing & cursing in print more & more now that muther f⁕⚠︎er is in office!]

#law #AntiIntellectualism #RevengePolitics #extortion #MafiaState
nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/poli

President Trump has called for the I.R.S. revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status.
The New York Times · I.R.S. Is Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt StatusBy Andrew Duehren
Public
ProPublica

With Trump reportedly planning to end the IRS Direct File program, there's no better time to remember how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free.

(Published 2019)
propublica.org/article/inside-

ProPublicaInside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
More from ProPublica
#Trump#Tax#IRS
Continued thread
Public
Nonilex

The #authority to investigate & change #TaxExempt statuses rests solely w/ #IRS, & the president is BARRED from directly or indirectly requesting that the agency exercise that #power against taxpayers [including #universities].
Andrew De Mello, the IRS’s acting chief counsel, received the request Wed from ofcls in the #Treasury Dept…
The Trump admin has displaced numerous IRS leaders to empower political allies…
Trump on Tues [YESTERDAY] appointed Gary Shapley the agency’s acting commissioner….

Continued thread
Public
Nonilex

#TaxExempt status is available to charitable, religious & #educational orgs, as well as social welfare groups. But the organizations must strictly adhere to tax laws that prohibit them from engaging in certain political activity. There is NO proof that #Harvard violated any of those guardrails.

“The #IRS is supposed to administer the tax rules impartially, not pursue political #vendettas against exempt organizations,”said Steve Rosenthal, who served as snr fellow at the #TaxPolicy Center.

#law
Public
Kim Perales

Trump's IRS nominee Billy Long🚨 just had his personal debt paid off by donors whose firms have bus before the tax agency he’d lead.

If confirmed, he'd be able to do favors for the donors.

The revelations come as lawmakers call for a criminal probe of how tax credits were used by these donors’ firms -many -have previous ties to Rep Long, Trump’s IRS nom *confirm: pending in the Sen.

A scene out of the Godfather?
Trump is governing as a mob boss.

#Corruption #IRS #USPol levernews.com/trump-irs-pick-w

The Lever · Trump IRS Pick Was Just Enriched By Tax SchemersNew documents show Billy Long’s $130,000 personal debt was suddenly paid off by donors at firms policed by the tax agency he’d lead.
Public *
Kim Perales

The #IRS is planning to cut up to 40% of its WF after Tues marked the official end of tax filing season.

The IRS will send RIF notices on a biweekly basis. The RIF plan also states the agency will go from 102K employees to its targeted "ending figures" of 60K to 70K.

The felon-in-chief is basically stopping the fed govt from functioning. W/o a robust tax collection agency, tax evasion & corruption are normalized.

#Corruption #Resist #April19 #USPol cbsnews.com/news/internal-reve

www.cbsnews.comIRS could cut up to 40% of workforce, memo indicatesThe IRS's Reduction in Force plan states the agency could go from 102,000 employees to a target of 60,000 to 70,000, according to an internal memo.
ExploreLive feeds
About