A Law Unto Itself: Power, Politics, and the IRSInvestigative reporter David Burnham provides the first book on the IRS that reveals the appalling excesses its power creates, from political manipulation to internal corruption. |
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Page 29
... Nixon . But the ability of both the Kennedy and the Nixon teams to modify IRS withholding and refund policies without any changes in the tax laws , for what can be regarded as political purposes , demonstrates a seldom examined aspect ...
... Nixon . But the ability of both the Kennedy and the Nixon teams to modify IRS withholding and refund policies without any changes in the tax laws , for what can be regarded as political purposes , demonstrates a seldom examined aspect ...
Page 244
... Nixon had violated the federal laws and regulations protecting the privacy of all Americans . O'Brien said his judgment about the impropriety of the Nixon program was based on a legal memorandum prepared by Mortimer M. Caplin , IRS ...
... Nixon had violated the federal laws and regulations protecting the privacy of all Americans . O'Brien said his judgment about the impropriety of the Nixon program was based on a legal memorandum prepared by Mortimer M. Caplin , IRS ...
Page 249
... Nixon became president . Some of these activities had narrow goals such as the destruction of the presidential campaign of George Wallace , the Alabama governor , and will be told here . Other IRS activities were far more ambitious ...
... Nixon became president . Some of these activities had narrow goals such as the destruction of the presidential campaign of George Wallace , the Alabama governor , and will be told here . Other IRS activities were far more ambitious ...
Contents
Thinking About Taxes and the Taxman | 3 |
First Encounters with the IRS | 25 |
Collecting Taxes | 50 |
Copyright | |
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