Trump to Name IRS Commissioner Who Will Oversee His Audit

Emily Wells / Truthdig Oct 22, 2017 Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin may be a candidate for the position. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The U.S. Army Made Trillions of Dollars in Accounting ‘Errors’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2016 An audit revealed that the Army made $6.5 trillion worth of wrongful adjustments to accounting entries in 2015, either because it "lacked receipts and invoices to support those numbers or simply made them up," Reuters reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How to Disappear Money, Pentagon-Style

By William D. Hartung / TomDispatch May 25, 2016 By keeping us in the dark about how it spends our money, the Pentagon has made it virtually impossible for anyone to hold it accountable for just about anything. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Issa and the IRS

Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons Mar 3, 2014 Dig deeper

IRS Pleads the Fifth

Rick McKee, Cagle Cartoons, The Augusta Chronicle May 28, 2013 Dig deeper

U.S. Tax Code

Mike Keefe, Cagle Cartoons Apr 5, 2013 Dig deeper

A Closer Glance at the Fed Audit, Please

Staff / Truthdig Dec 7, 2011 It's been available for almost six months now: the first independent audit of the Federal Reserve. In case you haven’t read it top-to-bottom, former Congressman Alan Grayson, who petitioned the study along with Rep. Ron Paul, wants to draw your attention to some of his favorite parts. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Iraq: The Case of the Missing $6.6 Billion

Staff / Truthdig Jun 13, 2011 Benjamin Franklin may be one of the most wanted men in Iraq right now, as the country's officials threaten to take the Pentagon to court to recoup some $6.6 billion in cash airlifted from the U.S. in 2004 for the purpose of Iraqi reconstruction. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Audit Time for Bell

Staff / Truthdig Oct 20, 2010 The city of Bell, Calif., drew quite a bit of unwanted attention to itself last summer with the revelation that several top officials were pocketing ridiculously high salaries at the expense of its citizens. Now it's looking like payback time, as the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is on the case. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Apple Admits to Using Child Labor

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2010 Something's rotten in the Apple empire -- a few things, actually. For starters, the technology titan revealed that at least 11 children, who the company claimed were 15 years old, were employed in three Apple-affiliated factories in undisclosed locations. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

IRS Workers Fall for Simulated Password Scam

Staff / Truthdig Aug 4, 2007 According to a recent internal audit, 60 percent of IRS employees fell for the oldest trick in the book, allowing auditors posing as help-desk employees access to their digital identities, and by extension your personal and private information. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Your Tax Dollars at Work

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2007 Looks like war isn't hell for everyone, at least not for some employees of KBR, a company that contracts with the U.S. government. KBR, once a Halliburton subsidiary, allegedly put its workers in larger than warranted living spaces and served meals that cost more than necessary under a government contract, The Washington Post reported. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )