#Trump says he is pulling #Harvard University's tax-exempt status, principally over #DEI and demonstrations by students in support of #Palestine. Harvard has, as far as is known, not violated conditions of #IRS law that would justify such an act. A lengthy court action will ensue https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/02/trump-harvard-tax-exempt-status-00323192
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"Over the past #100Days, #DOGE teams have grabbed #personaldata about US residents from dozens of federal databases and are reportedly merging it all into a #masterdatabase at the #DHS… a #whistleblower had come forward to reveal that the master database will combine data from such federal agencies as the #SocialSecurity, the #IRS and the #DHHS. He also alleged that DOGE workers are filling backpacks with multiple laptops, each one loaded with purloined agency data."
The New York Times · Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy: DOGE’s Construction of a Surveillance State
IRS' Crypto Leads Are Leaving the Agency After Accepting DOGE Deals - The IRS lost two key directors working on crypto initiatives, Seth Wilks and Raj Mukherje... - https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/05/02/irs-crypto-leads-are-leaving-the-agency-after-accepting-doge-deals #topstories #exclusive #policy #news #irs
CoinDesk · IRS' Crypto Leads Are Leaving the Agency After Accepting DOGE Deals
https://www.wonkette.com/p/musk-brings-out-big-balls-so-people
Musk Brings Out Big Balls So People Will Stop Talking About How His Own Company Wants To Fire Him
Wonkette · Musk Brings Out Big Balls So People Will Stop Talking About How His Own Company Wants To Fire Him
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#Trump’s #budget calls for a ~20% cut in the #IRS’s spending next year, a change that could force the agency to lay off even more people & struggle further to collect ~$5T in #taxes every year. The annual IRS budget is separate from a long-term set of funds, created by #Democrats in 2022, that #Republicans have already succeeded in slashing. The #Biden admin dedicated roughly $80B toward revitalizing the IRS over a decade; Republicans have already cut or frozen roughly half of those funds.
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#Harvard is among the vast majority of public & private #universities & #colleges that are #TaxExempt.
Under the #law, the #IRS initiates investigations based on established criteria & procedures, not based on presidential directives. The IRS is expected to operate independently & without political pressure.
If the IRS found that Harvard’s tax-exempt status should be revoked, Harvard would be given notice & an opportunity to contest the finding in court.
Heute ist der #irs (fast ein wenig) traurig. Auf der workcation Hinfahrt wird ein Auto benutzt. Einziger Lichtblick: vollelektrisch.
Das Auto ist nicht für die Langstrecke gemacht, also wird es viele Pausen geben.
Aber so ist jedenfalls genug Platz für ein 3D Drucker und Monitore zum richtigen Arbeiten....
Coinbase Fights IRS at Supreme Court Over 500K User Data Demand - Coinbase is taking its fight for digital privacy to the highest court, urging the ... - https://news.bitcoin.com/coinbase-fights-irs-at-supreme-court-over-500k-user-data-demand/ #coinbase #legal #irs
Bitcoin News · Coinbase Fights IRS at Supreme Court Over 500K User Data Demand – Legal Bitcoin NewsCoinbase is taking its fight for digital privacy to the highest court, urging the Supreme Court to dismantle mass surveillance powers threatening the future of crypto freedom.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/doge_goa_probe
Musk’s DOGE probed by top watchdog after poking around Uncle Sam's systems
The Register · Musk’s DOGE probed by top watchdog after poking around Uncle Sam's systems
“My division collects MILLIONS in tax rev for the American ppl,” this now-fmr #IRS employee said of her team, which focused on wealthy tax evaders.
Her team is now gutted, & she's gone to the prv sector.
"What a waste of everyone’s time and money," she said. Several ppl will now not pay what they owe to the American ppl, & they'll continue to not pay -there's no one there to ensure their compliance. This doesn’t make anything more efficient."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doge-elon-musk-100-days_n_6810f148e4b0b1eab34a68c3
HuffPost · DOGE Started As A Joke. 100 Days Later, Nobody's Laughing.
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"Weil #Musk auch die Steuerbehörde #IRS einstreichen ließ, werden von Experten bis zu 350 Milliarden Dollar weniger Steuereinnahmen über die nächsten zehn Jahre erwartet. Sollte die Zahl der #Steuerhinterziehungen ansteigen, weil die Behörde unterbesetzt ist, könnte diese Summe auf 2,4 Billionen Dollar ansteigen, berechnete "The Budget Lab"."
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After 100 Days, Most Americans Hate What Elon Musk Is Doing to the Government
Gizmodo · After 100 Days, Most Americans Hate What Elon Musk Is Doing to the GovernmentNew polling shows just 35% of Americans approve of the oligarch.
Imagine thinking taxing #Americans more at #Walmart will let them pay less to the #IRS.
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Other govt #databases contain secret #whistleblower data. At the Dept of #Veterans Affairs, you’ll find granular #MentalHealth info on fmr service members, including notes from #therapy sessions, details about #medication, & accounts of substance abuse. Govt agencies including the #IRS, #FBI, #DHS, & Dept of #Defense have all purchased #cellphone-#location data, & possibly collected them, via secretive groups such as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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The federal govt is a veritable cosmos of #information, made up of constellations of #databases: The #IRS gathers comprehensive #financial & #employment info from every taxpayer; the Dept of Labor maintains the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) system, which collects the #personal info of many workers; #DHS amasses #data about the movements of every person who travels by air commercially or crosses the nation’s borders; the #DEA tracks license plates scanned on American roads.
Electronic Frontier Foundation · IRS-ICE Immigrant Data Sharing Agreement Betrays Data Privacy and Taxpayers’ TrustIn an unprecedented move, the U.S. Department of Treasury and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently reached an agreement allowing the IRS to share with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) taxpayer information of certain immigrants. The redacted 15-page memorandum of...
DOGE isn’t dead — it’s growing beyond Elon Musk
IRS-ICE #Immigrant Data Sharing Agreement Betrays Data #Privacy and Taxpayers’ Trust
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Electronic Frontier Foundation · IRS-ICE Immigrant Data Sharing Agreement Betrays Data Privacy and Taxpayers’ TrustIn an unprecedented move, the U.S. Department of Treasury and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently reached an agreement allowing the IRS to share with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) taxpayer information of certain immigrants. The redacted 15-page memorandum of...
Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material
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The request, spelled out in an email obtained by ProPublica, comes amid concerns that DOGE has overstepped its bounds in seeking highly restricted private information about taxpayers, public employees or federal agencies.
ProPublicaInspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material
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