Word: audits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Clintons had claimed during the campaign that they lost $68,000 on Whitewater, their accountants could document only $5,800 worth of losses for tax purposes. The issue was "a can of worms you shouldn't open," Foster wrote in notes to himself. Rather than trigger an irs audit of past Whitewater deductions by claiming a loss, the Clintons took Foster's advice and reported a $1,000 capital gain. Republicans are sure to suggest in the hearings that one reason aides removed documents from Foster's office after his death was to hide his concerns about the Clintons' taxes...
...nation's most powerful lobbying groups came under unwelcome government scrutiny. The National Rifle Association said the IRS had begun an aggressive audit of its finances. And Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson launched a series of hearings on the political and commercial practices of the American Association of Retired Persons, accusing the seniors group of straying from "any reasonable description of a nonprofit organization...
...simultaneously lower taxes, subsidize employment and boost salaries while cutting a $92 billion public deficit, Chirac likes to respond with an aphorism: "Politics is not just the art of the possible, it is sometimes the art of making possible what is necessary." Specifically, he has called for a major audit of state spending to identify and eliminate waste. He also intends to use proceeds from privatization to draw down the national debt. But he is mainly hoping for a sharp upturn in economic growth, now running at a modest 2.6% annually, to generate more jobs and tax revenues...
...become a sort of governmental Mafia that terrorizes honest people along with those who are dishonest. The IRS has even managed to temper criticism of it in the media. It will be interesting to see how many of those who complain will be subject to some type of audit...
...consulting firm will audit HUDS operations and will serve as a "disinterested third part" gauging student input, Michael P. Berry, director of HUDS, said yesterday. Berry said the consulting firm will be more effective in creating and interpreting surveys than would the Dining Services...