irs audits

    By Ken and Daria Dolan

    | 6:00AM 2/22/2011
    The three most intimidating letters of the alphabet for most Americans are I-R-S. Very few things strike more fear in a taxpayer's heart than the thought of being audited by the Internal Revenue Service. For years, reports of abuse of power and poor treatment from the IRS ran rampant. That led...

    By Jonathan Berr

    | 11:00AM 1/14/2011
    In the annals of government surveys, this may be among the silliest. The IRS queried taxpayers about whether they think cheating on your taxes is wrong. Not surprisingly, they said they do. A mere 8% of respondents to the 2010 Taxpayer Attitude Survey said that they believe that it's OK to cheat...