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Conservative activists have gathered outside Internal Revenue Service offices across New Jersey to protest the agency's scrutiny of conservative groups.

The White House says White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was first informed about an audit of the IRS' inappropriate targeting of conservative groups on April 24 and that she notified senior staff, including Denis McDonough, the chief of staff to President Barack Obama. White House press secretary Jay Carney says Ruemmler "appropriately" decided not to tell Obama at the time because the

When members of Congress repeatedly raised concerns with the Internal Revenue Service about complaints that Tea Party groups were being harassed last year, a deputy IRS commissioner took the lead in assuring lawmakers that the additional scrutiny was a legitimate part of the screening process.

Warnings from the Internal Revenue Service about what they call their, "dirty dozen," 12 tax season scams designed to separate taxpayers from their money.

A tax-preparation glitch affecting about 660,000 tax returns will delay refunds by as long as six weeks, with customers of the nation's largest tax preparer among those affected.

Tax filing season is officially here, says the Internal Revenue Service. This year, there is help available for victims of Sandy to help them get their returns together.

The Internal Revenue Service says up to 100 million taxpayers -- about two-thirds of all filers -- won't be able to file their 2012 tax returns until late March if Congress doesn't adjust the alternative minimum tax by the end of the year.

The Internal Revenue Service says they also have some help to offer New Jersey victims of the recent storms.

The IRS is extending filing and payment deadlines for taxpayers living in areas of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey affected by Superstorm Sandy.

The IRS is giving taxpayers and tax preparers hit by Hurricane Sandy an extra week to file returns and make payments.