That story as also is included miss lerners failure to willingly testify before this committee. Im going to put all that aside for a second. Miss oconnor, youre white house counsel. Im a lawyer, youre a lawyer. I want to step away from the irs problem and investigation for a minute and just have a comparative discussion because i think in the responses there may be some misunderstanding with respect to the independent the treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration and id like to talk to you a minute about their powers. Not with the irs, but just in general. Id like to compare the powers of the treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration with the fbi because one of the things we heard from the commissioner yesterday is, were going to do the Inspector General is going to do an investigation, and that is probably a good thing. There are many who dont believe its enough, but you and i having a discussion on a comparative just of authority and powers perhaps can let other peopl
Luxottica. And both sides of the pond battling low wage growth and pressure to rate hikes. Announcer youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Very nice to see you all today here on this wednesday. Lets take a look at some of the key movements on the european market. Carlsberg has warned that 2014 will be even worse by its key russian market. They expect low to mid Single Digits falling operating profits and says it may shop some brewery necessary eastern europe. Heineken, meanwhile, huge disparity. 10 chang in the performance. Heineken reported better than expected profit in the first half of the year citing progress with its cost saving program. This is the worlds number three brewer. But i did say it was not immune to headwinds from russia. Groups and volumes increased in all regions except central and eastern europe. Mining sector, bmp billiton, failing to get some money back. That was why the shares declined to get better. In the black af
Thank you, mr. Chairman. Commissioner, welcome. I joined with other members of this Committee Last year on a letter to you after it was reported by the Inspector General for Tax Administration that more than 1100 employees had been awarded over a Million Dollars in cash rewards and more than 10,000 in timeoff awards. You made no commitments nor did you set any deadlines. And i know that youve talked a little bit about this already this morning. I just wanted, for the record to get you to speak clearly on this issue. It seems to me that its awfully hard to go to the hardworking american taxpayers and ask them to come ply with the tax laws when you have employee ins your own organization that dont comply. Can you commit to me that you are going to fix this problem and ensure that thats not going to happen again in the future . We have already adopted policies to address the problem. Not engaged in installment agreements, who are becoming compliant. But we still count those as compliant.
Screeria nigeria. Anthony foxx. And a discussion about u. S. Cuban relations at the heritage foundation. The irs has asked congress to provide 12. 9 billion for funding in 2016. 18 more than the current fiscal year. Irs commissioner john kostka testified. The Senate Finance committee is chaired by utah republican orrin hatch. This is just over two hours. Welcome to the irs john cost koskinen koskinen. Also fiscal year 2016 Budget Proposal. Commissioner costkoskinen. More than 152 years ago the finance Committee Received a letter from george butwell who president lincoln had apointed as the first commissioner of the international revenue. The letter came in response to an inquiry from the committee seeking information about the commissioners organization, his budget and the activities of his office. Does that sound familiar . In his letter, dated january 21st 1863 commissioner bodwell tried to answer the committees questions by starting by first asking congress for more money. Specifica
Congress, including the first africanamerican republican in the house, and the first woman veteran in the senate. Keep track of members of congress on cspan. Org. The congressional chronicle page as lots of good information including Voting Results and statistics. Irs commissioner John Koskinen tuesday on the 2016 budget request before the Senate Finance committee. He discussed tax scams, and shortages at the irs. The president s budget calls for an 18 increase for the agency. This is just over two hours. Welcome to the irs commissioner John Koskinen. Also fiscal year 2016 Budget Proposal. Commissioner koskinen. More than 152 years ago the finance Committee Received a letter from george butwell who president lincoln had apointed as the first commissioner of the international revenue. The letter came in response to an inquiry from the committee seeking information about the commissioners organization, his budget and the activities of his office. Does that sound familiar . In his letter,