DOJ, FBI, IRS Interfered With Hunter Biden Probe

DOJ, FBI, IRS Interfered With Hunter Biden ProbePatriot Mom Digest – On Thursday, the House Ways and Means Committee released testimony from two IRS whistleblowers, who said the Justice Department, FBI and IRS interfered with the investigation of the tax evasion case against Hunter Biden. They stated that, through ‘delaying, divulging, and denying’ the probe, that federal officials protected President Biden’s son.

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How the IRS Works

Internal Revenue ServiceWhen tax time rolls around, many people experience a gripping fear about whether or not their taxes are accurate and complete. Understanding how the IRS works is one way to alleviate some of its mystery and will help you know what to do if the powerful government agency turns its eye your way.

A Brief History

Following the passage of the Revenue Act of 1862 and subsequent creation of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s post, the first income taxes were levied as an antidote to the costs of Civil War. Back then, incomes between $600 and $10,000 paid a 3% tax, while a 5% tax was levied on incomes above $10,000. The Bureau of Internal Revenue provided the ways and means to collect taxes and was the predecessor to today’s Internal Revenue Service.

Organization of the IRS

The Internal Revenue Service falls under the jurisdiction of the Department of Treasury and employs more than 115,000 people. The IRS is based in Washington D.C., with supporting “campuses” across the country. The service is overseen by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, who is appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. The office of Chief Counsel serves as adviser, and a nine-member oversight board ensures taxpayer fairness and reviews the future plans of the IRS. In 2000, the overburdened tax agency was divided into four main divisions:  Continue reading

Why The IRS Goes After The “Minnows” And Ignores The “Whales”

“[Jane Kim] also says the IRS has a policy of not enforcing the tax laws that pertain to “large corporate taxpayers,” resulting in the loss of additional billions in tax. On the other hand, Kim says the IRS applies tax laws with “draconian strictness to small business, the self-employed, and wage-earning individuals.” Kim’s letter contained numerous examples of cases the IRS declined to pursue that resulted in nearly $15 billion in lost tax revenues.” – M Nestmann

IRS_cartoonThe intrepid bureaucrats at the Internal Revenue Service have done a superb job of making us fear them. We dutifully file our 1040s, FBARs, and all manner of other forms, consent to having our wages withheld from our paychecks, and suffer indignities on a daily basis at which our forefathers would have blanched.

But it’s never enough. I have seen many examples in my years of experience as a consultant. One client was pursued for 18 months for an underpayment of a few dollars and wound up paying more than $1,000 in penalties to make the IRS go away. Another client filed an offshore trust reporting form one day late and the IRS tried to collect a 35% penalty on a $1 million transfer to the trust.

But I don’t have a large collection of horror stories involving the big Fortune 500 companies. Sure, the IRS took down Swiss banking giant UBS as part of its ongoing vendetta against all things offshore. But these cases are few and far between.

I’ve often wondered if the IRS has a formal policy for ignoring tax evasion and fraud by “whales” (Fortune 500 companies) and instead focusing on “minnows” (you and me).

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Unleashing The Dragon

“We’re up against formidable foes, entities without compassion or empathy. Their desire is conquest and control. This couldn’t be any clearer. What’s amazing is how they’re directed by such a small faction of very sick, corrupt individuals. Of course they hide in secret and accuse others of being conspiracy freaks for pointing them out. That’s the nature of the game.” ~Z Gardner

dragonAs anyone even half awake watching these world events unfold can see, there’s an abrupt acceleration that’s taking place. To me it’s clear the signal has been given that “the coast is clear, go for the jugular”. The most profound aspect of this is that they’ve apparently come to the conclusion that their social engineering programs have succeeded to such an extent they can now get away with virtually anything.

It is a sad statement as to the state of humanity but is clearly the case. There appears to be no recourse through any of the previous channels of legal challenges, popular resistance, never mind protests, be they political or otherwise. Most importantly the populace has been relegated to simply watching.

The flagrant disregard for any kind of consequence for the multitude of egregious offenses against the fundamental values of truth, honesty or justice keep piling on by the day. Viewing the seemingly limp reaction to the massive banking, NSA and now IRS scandals, to name just a few, has given them an unspoken imprimatur to open the floodgates, including massive unwarranted illegal immigration, on many fronts, while unveiling their latest Middle East “ISIS” offensive via an “unforeseen” massive army supposedly out of nowhere, efficiently dissolving national borders and now threatening the world with nuclear retaliation.

Did I fall asleep in class or something?

Dystopian Disconnects Abound – The Ride Has Just Become Wilder

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Obamacare: Raiding The Assets Of Low-Income And Poor Americans

PaulCraigRoberts  February 8 2014

The anonymous Obamacare expert, who provided us a year ago with the most complete account of Obamacare available, http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2013/02/03/obamacare-a-primer/ has returned with an explanation of estate recovery. Obamacare herds the poor into Medicaid which requires some patients to forfeit homes or any assets they might have to the state to cover the cost of their medical care. The research article below is meticulous and demonstrates that Obamacare was not enacted to serve the people.

Obamacare: The Final Payment
Raiding the assets of low-income and poor Americans

Since writing “Obamacare: Devils in the Details” posted on this site on February 3, 2013, I have investigated in detail other aspects of the insurance industry’s program to bring health care to Americans. In this article I explain estate recovery to which poorer Americans herded by Obamacare into Medicaid are subject. In violation of moral philosopher John Rawls’ second principle of justice, some of the poorest Americans will pay the highest cost of health care as they, and they alone, are subject to having the family home and any other assets they might possess confiscated by the state in order to reimburse Obamacare for the cost of their medical expenses. The compassionate rhetoric aside, Obamacare makes the poor pay the most.

Under what was deceptively named the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as Obamacare, which is unaffordable for the patient in more ways than one, beginning January 1, 2014, citizens without health insurance must pay a tax penalty to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Qualified individuals and families with incomes between 138 and 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) can shop for commercial insurance policies at a Health Insurance Marketplace (an exchange) and may be eligible for a subsidy from the government to help pay for a plan. Those with incomes at or below 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level will be tossed into Medicaid unless there are specific reasons why they would not be eligible.

The Federal Poverty Level incomes for different family sizes for 2014 established by the Department of Health and Human Services can be found here:  http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/14poverty.cfm To determine whether you will be put into Medicaid, find the Federal Poverty Level annual income that applies to your family size for 2014 from the HHS tables and multiply the amount by 1.38. If your annual income is not larger than this amount, into Medicaid you go. For example, to avoid being put into Medicaid by Obamacare, a single individual in the 48 states and D.C. needs an income that is more than 138 percent of $11,670 (more than $16,105). A family of four needs an income that is more than 138 percent of $23,850 (more than $32,913). Poverty level incomes in Alaska and Hawaii are higher due to the higher cost of living in those states.

You won’t find estate recovery in the ACA. It’s in the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1993 (OBRA 1993)–a federal statute which applies to Medicaid, and, if you are enrolled in Medicaid, it will apply to you.

Estate Recovery

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