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Briefs were recently filed in the case Piscataway Board of Education v. Taxman, a dispute over the legality of using race as a basis for employment decisions. The court has scheduled oral arguments for later in the fall. Officials worry that a broad ruling in this case could outlaw colleges' use of racial preferences to promote diversity...
...lived on Maalox." Armed with a telltale suicide note (the IRS "sits, does nothing, and watches you die"), Ms. Barron now hopes to collect $1 million in compensation under a recent tax law amendment designed to keep too-passionate IRS agents at bay. Undeterred by feelings of guilt, the taxman has slapped liens on the couple's house and $400,000 in life insurance policies. They'll get that money if it kills...
Forget the Republican Revolution. In the nation's notoriously rancorous capital, it's the information revolution that's rallying pols against the taxman. The hot topic these days: how and when to tax commerce on the Internet. Next week the Clinton Administration will unroll its Framework for Global Electronic Commerce, and firms that sell everything from books to cars online are lobbying feverishly...
Back in the 1960s, at the same time that the Beatles were wailing about the Taxman ("If you drive a car, I'll tax the street/If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat"), the men at the IRS, in their IBM white shirts and skinny ties, were at the cutting edge of computer technology. The IRS had automated its processing system, eventually gathering everything into 10 service centers, with a computer nucleus in West Virginia. For the first time, taxpayers were required to write their Social Security number on their return. Computers, it seemed, could keep track...
...When Taxman sued, the Bush Justice Department sided with her. So did the court. The school board has appealed. The Clinton Justice Department, which inherited the case, remained on Taxman's side until last summer, when it switched. ``It was an appropriate affirmative-action plan,'' insists Assistant Attorney General Deval Patrick, ``because race did not trump anything that matters.'' Except Taxman's job. A court ruling on the appeal is expected well in time for use in Republican campaign...