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1997

• IRS Responds To Congressional Concern on Deferred Crop Payment Issue (Tuesday, January 28, 1997).
• IRS Hearing Dates Announced (Tuesday, February 4, 1997).
• Commission Questions Whether IRS Modernization Can Succeed (Tuesday, February 4, 1997).
• Oversight Subcommittee Sets Hearing on IRS Taxpayer Advocate Report (Tuesday, February 18, 1997).
• Taxpayer Advocate Reports (Tuesday, February 25, 1997).
• Tax Reform The Answer To IRS Problem (Wednesday, February 26, 1997).
• IRS Shuts Down REIT Planning Device (Thursday, February 27, 1997).
• IRS Issues Business Plan (Monday, March 3, 1997).
• Failure To Use Technology At the Heart Of IRS’s Problems (Tuesday, March 4, 1997).
• Still No Plan For TSM (Wednesday, March 5, 1997).
• Hearing on IRS Budget Announced (Tuesday, March 11, 1997).
• Treasury Endorses IRS Overhaul Plan (Monday, March 17, 1997).
• Archer Praises IRS Oversight Plan (Tuesday, March 18, 1997).
• Supreme Court Rules for Estate of Hubert (Wednesday, March 19, 1997).
• Congressional Committee to Investigate IRS (Monday, March 24, 1997).
• Anti-Snooping Bill to be Offered (Thursday, April 3, 1997).
• Anti-Snooping Bill Offered (Monday, April 7, 1997).
• Ways and Means to Markup Anti-Snooping Bill (Tuesday, April 8, 1997).
• Anti-Snooping Bill Passed (Wednesday, April 9, 1997).
• Mandatory Electronic Filing Studied (Wednesday, April 9, 1997).
• IRS Management Plan Discussed (Thursday, April 10, 1997).
• Reaction on Mandatory Electronic Filing (Thursday, April 10, 1997).
• IRS Procedures Blamed for Uncollected Taxes (Monday, April 14, 1997).
• Flurry of Symbolic Activity on Tax Day (Tuesday, April 15, 1997).
• Electronic Filing for Small Business Criticized (Wednesday, April 16, 1997).
• Interest Netting Study Released (Monday, April 21, 1997).
• Senators Object to Electronic Filing Rule (Tuesday, May 6, 1997).
• IRS Will Continue To Issue Section 355 Rulings (Wednesday, May 7, 1997).
• Tax Restructuring Panel to Issue Report June 25 (Monday, May 12, 1997).
• Witnesses Ask for Changes to Amortization of Intangible Assets Regulations (Friday, May 16, 1997).
• Opposition to S Corporation Changes Mounts (Tuesday, May 20, 1997).
• IRS Commissioner Retires (Tuesday, May 20, 1997).
• New Forms Announced (Wednesday, May 21, 1997). Also: notes on the deadline for electronic payment, and the IRS budget.
• IRS Overstepping Authority with Limited Partner Regulations, Witnesses Say (Thursday, May 22, 1997).
• IRS Restructuring Panel to Vote (Friday, May 30, 1997).
• IRS Delays Electronic Filing Penalty (Monday, June 2, 1997).
• Board Should Run IRS, Appoint Commissioner, Restucturing Panel Says (Friday, June 6, 1997).
• Computer Expert Pegged to be New IRS Commissioner (Friday, June 6, 1997).
• Clint's Window: To Net or Not To Net (Monday, June 9, 1997).
• Drastic Changes in IRS Urged by National IRS Restructuring Commission (Wednesday, June 25, 1997). Also: Three members dissent, some recommendations are already being enacted, and the White House considers a response.
• Senate Panel Approves IRS Funding. (Friday, July 11, 1997).
• IRS Budget Approved By Senate Committee (Tuesday, July 15, 1997). Also: a note on IRS restructuring.
• The IRS budget Passes the Senate (Tuesday, July 22, 1997).
• Congressional Debate on IRS Restructuring Begins (Thursday, July 24, 1997).
• Anti-snooping Bill Passes Senate (Friday, July 25, 1997).
• IRS Reform Bills Introduced (Wednesday, July 30, 1997).
• Anti-snooping Law Signed.(Wednesday, August 6, 1997).
• Special Report: Promises Kept: The 1997 Tax Bill.
• IRS: Many Personal Service Corporations Used Wrong Tax Rate (Friday, Aug. 22, 1997)
• Proposed Rules 'Hit ... With A Hammer,' Practitioner Tells IRS (Friday, Aug. 29, 1997).
• Ways and Means Panel to Study IRS Restructuring Sept. 9 (Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1997).
• GAO Reports on Audit of IRS (Wednesday, Sept. 3, 1997).
• IRS Restructuring On Congress' Agenda for the Fall (Monday, Sept. 8, 1997).
• Administration's IRS Reform Bill Introduced in House (Tuesday, Sept. 9, 1997).
• Proposed Incentives for Electronic Filing Need More Study, Treasury Says (Tuesday, Sept. 9, 1997).
• Additional Hearings On IRS Oversight Planned. (Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1997).
• Senate Finance Committee Announces Hearings on IRS Abuse (Thursday, Sept. 11, 1997).
• Presidentially Appointed IRS Commissioner Possible Under Proposed Board Structure, Lawmakers Say (Tuesday, Sept. 16, 1997). Also: a JCT analysis on oversight.
• Kies Hesitates on IRS Board Structure (Wednesday, Sept. 17, 1997). Also: a note on where the ABA stands.
• IRS Spending Bill Passes House (Thursday, Sept. 18, 1997).
• Senate Hearing on IRS Abuse Ends Abruptly (Tuesday, Sept. 23, 1997).
• More Problems with the IRS Described in Hearing (Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1997).
• Action on IRS Reform Bill in Senate Possible This Fall (Wednesday, , Sept. 24, 1997).
• Debate Over IRS Reform Continues (Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1997).
• IRS Administrative Changes Promised (Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1997).
• Clinton Expected to Recommend Independent IRS Oversight Board (Friday, Oct. 3, 1997).

1996

• More IRS Guidance Subject to Congressional Oversight (Thursday, May 2, 1996).
• IRS Computer System Still Plagued with Problems, (Thursday, May 9, 1996).
• Congressman Asks Treasury to Halt TSM Spending (Wednesday, May 22, 1996).
• The IRS Problem Resolution Program can be Improved (Wednesday, May 29, 1996).
• Unions Ask IRS to Nix Plan Restricting Tax-Exempt Status (Wednesday, June 5, 1996).
• IRS Burdened with Financial Errors (Thursday, June 6, 1996).
• IRS Funding Cuts Expected (Tuesday, June 18, 1996).
• House Appropriations Panel Cuts IRS Funding (Wednesday, June 19, 1996).
• IRS Deputy Commissioner Rails Against Proposed Funding Cuts (Thursday, June 20, 1996).
• IRS Funding Cut by House Spending Panel (Friday, June 28, 1996).
• Archer Criticizes Proposed IRS Funding Cuts (Monday, July 15, 1996).
• House Approves IRS Funding Cut (Wednesday, July 17, 1996).
• Senate Appropriators Slash IRS Funding (Friday, July 23, 1996).
• Mandate for Electronic Payment of Taxes Angers Small Business (Monday, July 29, 1996).
• IRS Blasted for Targeting Insurance Executive (Wednesday, July 31, 1996).
• IRS Workers to Get Pink Slips (Friday, Aug. 2, 1996).
• IRS Issues Guidelines for Education Tax Refund (Monday, Aug. 26, 1996)
• Senate to Approve IRS Funding Cut (Friday, Sept. 6, 1996).
• IRS Reform Group Holds First Public Meeting (Tuesday, Sept. 10, 1996). Also: the IRS' Cyberfile program comes under attack.
• IRS May Not Face Severe Cuts (Monday, Sept. 16, 1996)
• IRS Financial Management Comes Under Fire (Thursday, Sept. 19, 1996).
• IRS to Get More Money (Thursday, Sept. 26, 1996).
• Tax Experts Express Relief and Resignation over IRS Funding Level (Thursday, Oct. 3, 1996).
• 1997 Filing Season Will Not Be Affected By Cuts (Wednesday, Oct. 9, 1996).
• Study Alternative Filing System, GAO Tells IRS (Thursday, Oct. 24, 1996).
• GAO: IRS Reform Panel Can Help Agency With Goals (Thursday, Nov. 7, 1996).
• Sen. Grassley Probes IRS (Friday, Nov. 15, 1996).
• Union Fights IRS Layoffs (Wednesday, Nov. 27, 1996).