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Dozens of advocates for patients and consumers, citing widespread harm caused by medical debt, are pushing the Biden administration to take more aggressive steps to protect Americans from medical bills and debt collectors. In letters to the IRS and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the groups call for new federal rules that among other things would prohibit debt for medically necessary care from appearing on consumer credit reports. Advocates also want the federal government to bar nonprofit hospitals from selling patient debt or denyin ...
" On May 14, the advocates for the IRS whistleblowers wrote a letter to the Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz and Office of Professional Responsibility Counsel Jeffrey...
The setup — and ID.me’s $86 million contract with the IRS — has some privacy advocates worried about how well a private company will protect users’ images and personal data. There...
Now Danny Werfel, in his first year as the 50th IRS commissioner, sounds like an excited coach ready to impress with even better results this tax filing season, which began Monday and runs...
The IRS push to make taxpayers log in to the ID.me facial recognition platform is continuing to fuel outcry by taxpayers and has sparked a petition from privacy advocates.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) proposed a new rule this week that would crack down on... taxpayer advocates say the tip crackdown proposal proves the agency is going to focus its...
Joy Buolamwini, founder and executive director of Algorithmic Justice League, was one of many privacy and online rights advocates urging the IRS to abandon a plan to use facial-recognition...
The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) is an independent organization within the IRS. We’re here to ensure that every taxpayer is treated fairly.
Ted Cruz (R-Texas) advocates abolishing the IRS. Ordinary Americans shouldn’t expect that to help them. (Associated Press) By Michael Hiltzik Business Columnist March 14, 2022 2:05 PM PT...