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The IRS is warning tax professionals that it will block or suspend processing of 2017 income tax returns that do not comply with Obamacare rules requiring filers to disclose their health insurance status.
The new move to tighten Americans' compliance with the Affordable Care Act comes even as the Trump administration takes steps to undercut it.
"Taxpayers remain obligated to follow the law and pay what they may owe at the point of filing," the IRS said in a description of the new policy.
originally posted by: Nucleardoom
It looks like some of the Obama leftovers in the IRS are still salty from that devastating election loss and are hitting back against all the attacks trying to kill the ACA. Just more political games from the IRS, imagine that. It's not like Obama "weaponized" the IRS into a political entity that specializes in witch hunts only involving conservative groups.
originally posted by: fiverx313
originally posted by: Nucleardoom
It looks like some of the Obama leftovers in the IRS are still salty from that devastating election loss and are hitting back against all the attacks trying to kill the ACA. Just more political games from the IRS, imagine that. It's not like Obama "weaponized" the IRS into a political entity that specializes in witch hunts involving conservative groups.
actually, the IRS cracked down on left and right wing entities during the alleged conservative witch hunts
originally posted by: Nucleardoom
So including some token left wing entities makes it all ok then? Not by a long shot.
Beginning in March 2010, the IRS more closely scrutinized certain organizations applying for tax-exempt status under sections 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code by focusing on groups with certain words in their names.[33][34][35] In May 2010, some employees of the "Determinations Unit" of the Cincinnati office of the IRS, which is tasked with reviewing applications pertaining to tax-exempt status, began developing a spreadsheet that became known as the "Be On the Look Out" ("BOLO") list.
The list, first distributed in August 2010, suggested intensive scrutiny of applicants with names related to a number of political causes, including names related to the Tea Party movement and other conservative causes.[35] Eventually, IRS employees in Ohio, California, and Washington, D.C.[36] applied closer scrutiny to applications from organizations that:[37][38][39]
referenced words such as "Tea Party", "Patriots", or "9/12 Project", "progressive," "occupy," "Israel," "open source software," "medical marijuana" and "occupied territory advocacy" in the case file;[34][35]
outlined issues in the application that included government spending, government debt, or taxes;
involved advocating or lobbying to "make America a better place to live";
had statements in the case file that criticized how the country is being run;
advocated education about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights;
were focused on challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—known by many as Obamacare;
questioned the integrity of federal elections.
originally posted by: lightedhype
Phage already said it. All you have to do, is check a box. Quite literally, that is all you need to do. The faux outrage!
Shouldnt supreme leader have just disbanded the IRS at this point anyways??
The IRS says it will not accept electronic tax returns that do not disclose whether the filer had health insurance coverage during the year.
It also says it will suspend paper returns that do not have the disclosure.
Yes. But that would be because you filed an inaccurate return. Possibly fraudulent, actually.
Even if you say no, the IRS knows and will hold your return till you clear that up.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: pavil
Yes. Which is provided to the taxpayer. Right?
But that's not what this is about. This is about checking a box.
The IRS says it will not accept electronic tax returns that do not disclose whether the filer had health insurance coverage during the year.
It also says it will suspend paper returns that do not have the disclosure.
www.cnbc.com...
regarding your edit:
Yes. But that would be because you filed an inaccurate return. Possibly fraudulent, actually.
Even if you say no, the IRS knows and will hold your return till you clear that up.
originally posted by: Metallicus
Wouldn't that be a great accomplishment to disband the iRS?
That would arguably be the greatest act by a POTUS in the history of the U.S.
originally posted by: pavil
a reply to: Nucleardoom
No it's not that. The ACA is still the law of the land till Congress changes it. The law still has to be enforced, Trump's executive order non-withstanding.