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• Tax Preparation Industry is the Wild West of the 21st Century

  Jul 12 2014

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  The tax preparation industry is one of those industries that everyone loves to hate. Since the average American doesn't understand the tax code, these organizations step in and promise to take care of everything for you. All you need to do is give them a hefty fee and voila, your taxes are now done. If you're lucky, you'll get some money back.

• IRS' Most Popular Forms & Publications
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• Ted Cruz Reflects Confusing GOP Attitude Toward Acronyms

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  So Ted Cruz is running for President, and wants to abolish the IRS.Back in the wake of the “IRS Scandal”—that is, when the public became aware that the IRS was selectively targeting nominally conservative or Tea Party-associated groups for tax audits, Cruz’s solution was to eliminate the federal body altogether.
• From a Promised Utopia to Catastrophe: Welcome to Sam Brownback's Kansas

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  If you ever want to see a 'real life experiment' on how to turn Ayn Rand's philosophy into a state wide policy, then look no further than Kansas. Governor Brownback coasted to election four years ago on his promise to make Kansas a bastion of conservative orthodoxy.

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• Return Preparer Fraud: NTA's Most Serious Probl...Return Preparer Fraud: NTA's Most Serious Probl...
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• ID theft, tax fraud under investigationID theft, tax fraud under investigation
  	Thu Nov 29, 2012 Hillsborough County deputies and IRS agents are on scene at an apartment complex in Riverview where they...

• Officials: Tax Prep Business 'Fraudulent'Officials: Tax Prep Business 'Fraudulent'
  	Tue Jul 24, 2012 Tax preparers at the center of a Call 6 Investigation are now facing federal charges for inflating...

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