IRS holds refunds to recover parents’ Social Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Along with death and taxes, add a third certainty in life: taxes after death. On this April 15, and every other day, the IRS is seizing millions [...]
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Posted April 14, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Posted April 11, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Iowans, celebrate your ‘tax freedom’ on Sunday
DES MOINES, Iowa — Forget about 13 being unlucky. April 13 is a lucky day for Iowans this year. It’s Tax Freedom Day. Tax Freedom Day is the creation of [...]
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Posted April 10, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Iowa ranks high in transparency and irony
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa is one of the top states when it comes to providing citizens easy access to information about government spending. Just five states — Indiana, Oregon, [...]
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Posted April 08, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Another audit for Iowa’s Sixth Judicial District
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa State Auditor’s office has launched a second audit of Sixth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services, less than three months after its report detailing [...]
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Posted April 03, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
City prepares to give mystery company millions
DES MOINES, Iowa—West Des Moines city officials have cued up $36 million in local and state tax incentives for a company, but won’t tell its citizens who that company is. [...]
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Posted April 03, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Iowa senator calls BS on attempt to limit tax credits for fertilizer plant
DES MOINES, Iowa — Decorum flew out of the Iowa Legislature on Tuesday when political games led state Sen. Randy Feenstra, R-Hull, to describe as “bullshit” a bill before a [...]
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Posted April 01, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Iowa goes retro to keep millions from tax that doesn’t exist
DES MOINES, Iowa— For six years, the state has collected more than $20 million for a tax that didn’t exist. When questioned about it, the Legislature adopted the solution preferred [...]
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Posted April 01, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
In Iowa, your taxes help corporations not pay theirs
DES MOINES, Iowa — As the deadline to pay income taxes approaches, it’s important to remember that government does more than just take your money — it also uses your money [...]
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Posted April 01, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Federal law can’t make school kids eat their vegetables
DES MOINES, Iowa— A federal law designed to help Iowa kids slim down is making lunchroom garbage cans heavier with government-mandated fruits and vegetables. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of [...]
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Posted April 01, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
What oversight? Iowa won’t track welfare card use
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa has a new strategy for preventing welfare recipients from using their electronic benefit transfer cards in liquor stores, casinos and strip clubs — sending a [...]
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