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Internal Revenue Service

  • News

    December 15, 2011

    The Black Police Association's Disappearing Money

    Organization's books weren't cooked -- they simply don't exist.

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Reason No. 1,397 You Don't Give Your Social Security Number to a Customer Service Rep

    ​For eight years Youlanda Rochelle Wright worked for Radio Shack as a customer service rep in its Fort Worth call center. Day after day she fielded complaint after complaint about a defective this and a busted that and how do I return an oversized item and what do you mean my 30-day money-back gua ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Americans United for Separation of Church and State Wants IRS to Investigate Jeffress, FBD

    From First Baptist Dallas's home page​Robert Jeffress endorsed Rick Perry Friday, but it's the gift that keeps on giving. As in: The Americans United for Separation of Church and State has sent a letter today to the Internal Revenue Service insisting that the First Baptist Dallas pastor's endorsem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Stone Imperial Russian Stout Original Vs. BELGO Anise Version

    ​Back in March, I shared my thoughts on the two versions of Stone Brewing Co. Old Guardian barleywine, as you'll recall. Part of the brewery's Odd Beers For Odd Years campaign, this year's "Odd Beers" are dubbed "BELGO" versions, tweaks on two Stone standbys using Belgian yeast. Finally, Ston ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    One Irving Man's Art of Pleading Guilty to Defrauding the I.R.S. Out of $400,000

    This Chucho Reyes piece is available right here, right now, for $765.​Mexican folk artist Jesús "Chucho" Reyes Ferreira died in 1979, leaving behind an estimable collection of works -- some of which, over the years, have turned up at auction at places like Sotheby's and New York's Swann Gallerie ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2011

    Shove It, Taxman

    This Chucho Reyes piece is available right here, right now, for $765.​Mexican folk artist Jesús "Chucho" Reyes Ferreira died in 1979, leaving behind an estimable collection of works -- some of which, over the years, have turned up at auction at places like Sotheby's and New York's Swann Gallerie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Feds Arrest Dallas Man For Mailing Baking Soda to IRS and Social Security Administration

    ​Although investigators aren't linking him to the series of white powder mailings throughout North Texas, Michael Wayne Patterson was arrested Thursday by federal law enforcement officers and was detained today pending an August 30 detention hearing, according to U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    After Pleading Guilty to Tax Evasion, Realtor Nicky Sheets Gets 40 Months in Federal Prison

    Eleanor Mowery Sheets and husband Nicky​The headline -- and the freshly baked press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office that follows -- says it all. U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle sentenced high-tone realtor John Nicholas Sheets -- married to one Eleanor Mowery Sheets, who copped to four co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Four Months After Hubbie Pleaded Guilty to Tax Evasion, Realtor Eleanor Sheets Joins In

    Eleanor Mowery Sheets and husband Nicky​Again, this is Candy Evans's beat -- why, just today she noted over on D's DallasDirt that the former manse of Eleanor and Nicky Sheets is selling at half off the original asking price after it failed to move at an IRS auction in February. Nevertheless, this ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    How Can Immigrant Students Score Fake Residency Papers?

    Eleanor Mowery Sheets and husband Nicky​Again, this is Candy Evans's beat -- why, just today she noted over on D's DallasDirt that the former manse of Eleanor and Nicky Sheets is selling at half off the original asking price after it failed to move at an IRS auction in February. Nevertheless, this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    In Crime and Punishment News, An Ex-HP Cop and a Former Taxman Are Going to Prison

    ​A couple of notable press releases from the U.S. Attorney's Office just landed in the Unfair Park in-box, the most recent of which has to do with a former Internal Revenue Service employee sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 16 months in the federal hoosegow for taking a brib ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    And You're All Invited to Meet Mayor Tom and Sarah Palin at the Fairmont!!

    ​So says the Friend of Unfair Park who sent us the link to the most astonishingly named Web site in the history of ever: Palin4Life.com. What you see above is the only thing on the Web site, which was created on March 8. And, ooof, tickets ain't cheap -- unless $75,000 for four's in your ballpark, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    The Feds' Local Tax Busts Best-Of: The Chart-Topping Hits From 2009

    ​There's magic in these hits hot off the charts, all charged with original star power -- pure power! New, from K-Tel and the U.S. Attorney's Office, this hit parade of local tax preparers, investment advisers and other no-filing nogoodniks currently serving five to Top 10! The original hits of '09 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    Heritage Sues to Determine Who Really Owns Michael Jackson's Stuff

    ​Back in November, Unfair Park's across-the-street neighbor Heritage Auction Galleries auctioned off a pile of Michael Jackson memorabilia, including a signed guitar, some autographed album covers and his fedora. Heritage says it got the stuff from a Los Angeles man named Benson Hopp, to whom Heri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Whitt's End: 2.19.10

    ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *I'm setting the over/under on Tiger Woods saying the word "sorry" in this morning's sanitized statement at 4.5, and I'm taking the under. I'll also be shocked if he cries. At some point he will, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Dallas IRS Agent, Meet the FBI

    ​Fernando Hernandez is a 33-year-old Internal Revenue Service employee working out of the Dallas office. Only, today he's in federal custody after having been arrested by federal authorities, who dropped by Friday morning following a Dallas federal grand jury's decision to indict Hernandez for jus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2009

    Today's Important Advice Comes From ...

    ​... William "Tex" Moncrief Jr., the Fort Worth oilman and Internal Revenue Service fan who comes in at No. 366 on Forbes' latest list of the 400 Richest Americans. So, what does the man in possession of 20,000 acres of undeveloped Barnett Shale property have to say in the magazine's 22-question s ... More >>

  • News

    September 3, 2009

    Goin’ To The Chapel: When Is A Mexican Girl Ripe For Marriage

    ​... William "Tex" Moncrief Jr., the Fort Worth oilman and Internal Revenue Service fan who comes in at No. 366 on Forbes' latest list of the 400 Richest Americans. So, what does the man in possession of 20,000 acres of undeveloped Barnett Shale property have to say in the magazine's 22-question s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Brint Ryan Makes Good on His Threat to Sue Fellow Council Candidate Ann Margolin

    Last week, when District 13 city council candidate Ann Margolin started circulating to the media a copy of a $482,337.09 federal tax lien filed by the Internal Revenue Service against Brint Ryan, who's also running for Mitchell Rasansky's soon-to-be-vacated seat, I contacted the IRS for further expl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Re: FYI, Read This ASAP. OMG!

    The following is a prime example of my curse here on Earth. A fleeting thought sprouts into a mild observation, only to bloom into a thesis that eventually flourishes into a blog item with sports branches. My apologies ... Got a text the other day, the salutation of which was LOL ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2008

    The Alleged Events Leading Up to Russ Martin's Arrest Friday Morning

    The following is a prime example of my curse here on Earth. A fleeting thought sprouts into a mild observation, only to bloom into a thesis that eventually flourishes into a blog item with sports branches. My apologies ... Got a text the other day, the salutation of which was LOL ... More >>

  • News

    April 10, 2008

    Ask A Mexican

    Identity theft is bad. Dealing with the IRS is even worse.

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2008

    I Sue You, You Sue Me

    Identity theft is bad. Dealing with the IRS is even worse.

  • News

    March 6, 2008

    Life Without Debt Leaves Jimmy Phipps Owing Society

    Identity theft is bad. Dealing with the IRS is even worse.

  • Calendar

    January 3, 2008

    Dueling Chefs

    Identity theft is bad. Dealing with the IRS is even worse.

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2007

    Should One Deduction Lead to Another?

    Identity theft is bad. Dealing with the IRS is even worse.

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2007

    Oh, DowntownDallas, the U.S. Government Wants Some Money. Like, Yesterday.

    Identity theft is bad. Dealing with the IRS is even worse.

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2007

    Someone Needs an Income Tax Extension

    Identity theft is bad. Dealing with the IRS is even worse.

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2007

    Korman and the Taxmen

    Identity theft is bad. Dealing with the IRS is even worse.

  • Film

    November 9, 2006

    Anchor, Man?

    Ferrell doesn't quite ground this artificially whimsical comedy

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2006

    Oily Fingers?

    Ferrell doesn't quite ground this artificially whimsical comedy

  • Resolution Guide

    January 15, 2004

    To Save Cash

    Ferrell doesn't quite ground this artificially whimsical comedy

  • News

    August 21, 2003

    Letters

    Too Damn Scary Virginia Speaks

  • News

    June 26, 2003

    Suckahs

    Why try to be good when it only turns out bad?

  • News

    May 29, 2003

    The Taxman Cometh

    The IRS delivers a slap to a dubious charity deal

  • Best of Dallas

    September 26, 2002

    Best Reason to Move South By Southwest to Dallas

    Because Austin stopped being cool about a decade ago

  • News

    April 25, 2002

    Sweetheart Deal

    How does Virginia McGuire make a profit in the nonprofit business of creating affordable housing? Simple. She pays her husband.

  • Music

    April 4, 2002

    Rave On

    Electronic acts make a good showing around town

  • Best of Dallas

    September 20, 2001

    Best Waitstaff

    The Riviera

  • News

    September 7, 2000

    Letters

    Surfin' Texas; The Other Side; Hillbilly Justice; Willis Bashing; Death and Taxes; Superman Lives; Doomed to Fail

  • News

    August 24, 2000

    Letters

    World of Hurt; Yucky Bathrooms; Don't Call Home; Cops and Ravers; Legal Kidnappings; Clarification

  • News

    August 10, 2000

    Taxing Situation

    A tax-protesting CEO enlists his employees in the cause

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    Victimless crime

    Bungling thieves, piles of gold, jailhouse snitches, and bloody clothes. Prosocuretors in Madalyn Murray O'Hair's disappearance had everything -- except three corpses

  • News

    January 27, 2000

    Goodfella

    Playing a high-rolling mobster, Norm Berger was a convincing undercover agent for the IRS and FBI. Then the government accused him of pocketing some of the proceeds. As Norm would say, "Ya gonna love this one."

  • News

    August 27, 1998

    Cowtown Babylon

    When Fort Worth oil tycoon Tex Moncrief accused his secretary of embezzlement, she says, he left out one important detail: their 16-year affair

  • News

    October 16, 1997

    Letters

    When Fort Worth oil tycoon Tex Moncrief accused his secretary of embezzlement, she says, he left out one important detail: their 16-year affair

  • News

    May 8, 1997

    We are the R.O.T.

    The Enloes are Republic of Texas stalwarts, but they don't go for hostage-taking. They prefer using bogus money orders to battle "the eight banking families that control the world."

  • News

    June 13, 1996

    Taxman cometh

    IRS drops the other shoe on former First Republic bankers

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