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Welcome to Tax Day. What would you do to avoid ever paying taxes again? Twenty-four percent of Americans would get an “IRS” tattoo; 36 percent would move to a different country; 15 percent would take a vow of celibacy; 11 percent would name their child “Taxes.”

John Koskinen tells Congress he made mistakes but shouldn’t lose his job.

TIME Magazine recently published a piece by columnist Mark Oppenheimer recommending that tax exempt status for churches and religious institutions should be put to an end.

"Now's the Time To End Tax Exemptions for Religious Institutions." So headlines a Time magazine essay by Mark Oppenheimer which argues that the government should not be "subsidizing religion and non-profits."

Religious and secular advocacy groups jointly called Thursday (Jan. 29) for greater clarity by the Internal Revenue Service regarding nonprofits and political activity.

House GOP investigators blasted a “culture of bias” at the Internal Revenue Service in their final 2014 report on the agency’s targeting of conservative groups.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has accused 99 churches of illegal electioneering; the IRS is now heeding the demands of the group and will begin investigations.

The Internal Revenue Service said it will monitor churches and other houses of worship for electioneering in a settlement reached with an atheist group.