Focus on Congress – Page 37

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EO Tax Journal 2010-43

March 15, 2010Paul StreckfusComments Off

1 – Introducing the New EO Division Managers

2 – 2009 IRS Data Book Released

3 – Four Senators Query Compensation to Boys & Girls Club Executives
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My bookshelf

I kind of skimmed Sarah Palin’s book, Going Rogue, so I shouldn’t comment on what I didn’t really read. From another source, I learned that Palin has ancestors from County Roscommon in Ireland. Well, my mother’s family goes back to County Roscommon, too. Who knows, I may be a distant cousin. If Palin becomes President, someone remind her of that. I’d like to be an ambassador, preferably to a country where the living is good and the toasts never end.

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EO Tax Journal 2010-39

March 8, 2010Paul StreckfusComments Off

Scanning the news, I see the following:

(1) The IRS’s favorite church was on the front page of yesterday’s New York Times. See “Breaking with Scientology: Defectors Say Church Hides Its Abuse of Staff Members,” by Laurie Goodstein.

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EO Tax Journal 2010-32

February 25, 2010Paul StreckfusComments Off

1 – IRS Revokes PLR 200709065

I shouldn’t criticize the IRS for getting PLR 200709065 wrong, since I’ve said they should rule within a reasonable period of time and, if they get it wrong, fix it later.

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EO Tax Journal 2010-16

January 27, 2010Paul StreckfusComments Off

1 – EO Revenue Procedures Updated

The annual updating of the basic EO revenue procedures has taken place with few changes.

Rev. Proc. 2010-4, on TE/GE letter ruling requests, has mostly minor revisions. An additional circumstance under which EO Technical will not issue letter rulings is added as section 6.18.