Internal Revenue Service

Goldwater Institute "Lends" $1.9 Million to Rich Guy on Its Board

The eyebrow-raising part of the newly-released "Reporter's Guide to the Goldwater Institute," isn't that GI's executives make lavish six-figure salaries working for a non-profit 501c3, or that the Goldwater Institute is, according to the report, a tool of the Koch bothers and the American Legislativ ... More >>

Republic Monetary Exchange Putting Some Precious Metals Buyers at Risk, Says IRA Document Preparer

Republic Monetary Exchange, a precious metals firm founded by two ex-cons that's the subject of a New Times' feature article this week, is putting some customers at risk, says a Phoenix document preparer. Tim Schubert of Blue Diamond Documents says he's helped people prepare Individual Retirement A ... More >>

Catholic Conundrum: What's an Anti-Abortion, Pro-Immigrant Voter to Do?

Joe Arpaio Birther Club Hit With IRS Complaint Pegging "Investigator" Mike Zullo

Believe it or not, someone out there doesn't believe Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Cold Case Posse/birther club qualifies as a "charity."A complaint to that effect was filed with the Internal Revenue Service a few weeks ago, which is referenced through the Fogbow's extensive library of information on Arpaio' ... More >>

Atheists at Secular Coalition for Arizona Files IRS Complaint Over Center for Arizona Policy's Lobbying

There's a source to the religulous bills in the Arizona Legislature every year, and that source is called the Center for Arizona Policy.The atheists over at the Secular Coalition for Arizona have a problem with that, but it -- and other groups -- want Uncle Sam to see if there's a problem with their ... More >>

Center for Arizona Policy Response to IRS Complaint (As Expected): The Atheists and Homosexuals Are Wrong

The Center for Arizona Policy has offered a response to the Internal Revenue Service complaint filed against it -- claiming the organization doesn't meet tax-exemption requirements -- and that response includes the exact three things we expected: they're atheists, homosexuals, and wrong.The Secular ... More >>

Stone Imperial Russian Stout

Beer: Imperial Russian Stout Brewery: Stone Brewing Co. Style: Russian imperial stout ABV: 10.5 percent Around this time of year, long days of sun and hot weather inspire drinkers to reach for refreshing, quaffable beers, so most breweries choose the summer season to release their lighter, low-ABV ... More >>

Undocumented Youth Blocked from Entering the U.S. Workforce Are Starting Their Own Businesses to Survive

Summer Guide: Beer

Pusha T's 20 Fattest Coke Lines

Brush up on Pusha T's 20 best coke lines of all time

Federal Government Dishes Out $119,000 in Fraudulent Tax Returns to Arizona Rapist Serving Life Sentence. Oops.

Troy Fears​While the inefficiency of the Internal Revenue Service is enough to make most Americans want to bang their heads against a wall (or fly an airplane into one of its offices), it's paid off nicely for an Arizona man currently serving a life sentence at a Maine prison.Troy Fears, 54, ... More >>

Sedona Couple Sentenced to Prison in 2009 Tax Evasion, Conspiracy Case

filmsy.com​We never thought we'd say this, but this Sedona couple could have learned a thing or two from Wesley Snipes.William Steiniger and his wife Diane Steiniger were convicted on tax evasion and conspiracy charges in 2009, and were sentenced Thursday to prison terms of a combined 50 mon ... More >>

The Odd Life of Nude Piano Man Sweet Pie

Steve Moak Responds to Some of Ben Quayle's Questions Via New Times

Congressional candidate Steve Moak​Since our earlier post about letters exchanged (and distributed to the media) between Congressional candidates Ben Quayle and Steve Moak, Moak's campaign got back to us and answered a some of the questions posed in Quayle's letter.In case you missed it, Moak sent ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Could Be Booted from Pricey Wells Fargo Pad by 2011

They're evictin' me, ma! Sniff. Is hobo row next?For those of you who've been wondering whatever happened to those plans to kick Sheriff Joe Arpaio out of his pricey executive suites in downtown Phoenix's Wells Fargo building, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has a plan to get Arpaio into a ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Papers and Higher Education

Tax Fraud Suspect Wanted by IRS; Local Man Part of Elaborate Scheme to Steal Millions in Refunds

A California fugitive caught after a years-long "cat-and-mouse hunt" had defrauded the IRS of millions of dollars in a high-tech refund-stealing scheme, federal authorities now say. The fugitive, Daniel Rigmaiden, 29, of Santa Clara, was caught in August 2008, but one of his all ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Safety Antrel Rolle Gets $2.2-Million Bill From the IRS

Cards safety Antrel Rolle​The Internal Revenue Service has some bad news for Arizona Cardinals safety Antrel Rolle: He owes the federal government $2.2 million.According to the IRS, Rolle understated his income by about 50 percent on filings from 2005 and 2006, his first two seasons in ... More >>

IRS Picking Up Where George Clooney Left Off; Offering Immediate Tax Relief for Donations to Haiti

www.telegraph.co.uk George Clooney at Friday night's "Hope for Haiti" fundraiser ​If George Clooney and Bono didn't woo you into donating money to the Haiti relief effort on Friday night, Uncle Sam might. The Internal Revenue Service is offering immediate tax relief for any cash  ... More >>

Hot Links: Strikes, Mesa Schools, and IRS Checks

​Nearly 20,000 workers at Valley Fry's and Safeway grocery stores could go on strike if a contract deal between the companies and workers' union is not reached by 6 p.m. next Friday. Spokesmen for the grocery chains say the companies have tried to negotiate a fair deal, and plan to hire tempo ... More >>

Steven Anderson's Three Alarm Baptist Church: Barry Lynn of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State Weighs In

DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:"24035",bannerAdConDefID:"35",videoAdObjectID:"34",videoAdConDefID:"11",playVideoAds:"true",autoPlay:"true",categoryID:"3",accPos:"CCTVI.VIDEO.LOCAL",accSite:"KNXV",playerInstanceID:"79E9B438-E8FF-FFD4-61AC-E88644E2C20B",domain:"knxv.dayport.com"});ABC 15's raw foo ... More >>

On Making Something of Your Life, plus George Bush Jr.

Mesa Mayor Scott Smith Trying to Clear up $16,224 Federal Tax Lien

Mesa Mayor Scott Smith owes $16,224 in a federal taxes, according to a lien filed with the Maricopa County Recorder's Office. We asked Mesa spokesman Steve Wright about this -- here's his reply: That issue was resolved. The IRS has been petitioned to withdraw the lien.

Post Modern

Pop-culture sugar makes the medicine go down for Scorpius fans

Many Happy Returns

Phoenix Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Passing Secrets to Potential Terrorists

A former sailor and Phoenix UPS driver was sentenced to 10 years in a federal prison today for passing secrets to a Pakistan man who ran an Al-Qaeda recruitment Web site.Paul R. Hall, who has apparently changed his name to Hassan Abu-Jihaad, was arrested in Phoenix in 2007 and charged with terrorism ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Fall Guy Refuses to Name Bank Holding SCA Funny Money

  Maricopa County Sheriff's Captain Joel Fox, still the only person to date who's been linked to a mysterious $105,000 donation to the Arizona Republican Party, took the stand today in front of Administrative Law Judge Thomas Shedden -- but instead of resolving the issue, Fo ... More >>

The Mexican rags on identity theft

Self-Mutilation

AZ's new employer-sanctions law will hurt workers, employers, and the economy, in what can only be seen as a massive self-inflicted wound

The Bermudez Triangle

The immigrant rights movement needs Elias Bermudez, only there's a problem: A lot of his own people don't trust him

Do Your Taxes Like a Rock Star

This is no substitute for professional financial advice

Loan Sharks

The governor's chosen loan authority is determined to keep its monopoly

Anchor Man?

Playing against type, Will Ferrell can’t quite ground this artificially whimsical romantic comedy

In God We Trust

Big banks and desperate debtors have made an East Valley ministry millions

Jerry's World

Jerry Colangelo and his pals have gobbled up the lion’s share of public development dollars. If downtown’s to be saved, City Hall’s got to share the wealth.

Welcome to Donnawood

A west Phoenix neighborhood pays the way for activist Donna Neill to gain control. But who gets stuck with the final bill?

Norman Abates

Legendary restaurateur Norman Fierros skips out on the check

Alive and Kicking

Despite being entombed in the recent PBS series, Gumbo shows why jazz is very much alive and well with a fine batch of new releases

Coyote, Ugly

The fields of Killing Coyote run red with cruelty in powerful documentary

The Tie That No Longer Binds

Grand Canyon University severs formal link with Southern Baptist Convention

Tax Rebels With a Cause

Reform Fitting but Unlikely

Park Belly Future

Children of Synanon

An acclaimed Tucson drug-treatment program went suddenly, mysteriouly bankrupt. Administrators blame the board of directors. But others are questioning the administrators and their history at the notorious drug-treatment empire known as Synanon.

Open Door, Open Accounts

THE DANGER OF BEING FRANK

SURE, CONSTITUTIONALIST CRUSADER FRANK ELLENA IS LOUD AND OFFENSIVE. BUT IS THAT A FEDERAL OFFENSE?

RESOLUTION TRUST CORPSE

THEIR INCOME WAS FIXED, THE BANK'S PROMISE WAS BROKEN, THE RTC WAS RUTHLESS

PULPIT POLITICSAUTHORITIES QUESTION CHURCH'S OFFERING FOR PROPOSITION 110 CAMPAIGN

TOUGH TIMES FOR THE QUEEN

WHY FIFE'S HISTORY