Tag: Internal Revenue Service
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DOGE reports termination of leases for 18 federal offices in Colorado
The federal government has terminated the leases of nearly 750 federal offices across the country, including 18 in Colorado. The word came down from the General Services Administration (GSA) on Feb. 25. In a section called the “Wall of Receipts” on the Department of Government Efficiency website, nearly 10 million square feet of government real estate…
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3 fallen officers added to the Colorado Law Enforcement Memorial
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Bagpipes playing “Amazing Grace” swept over the Colorado Law Enforcement Memorial on Friday, as three officers who fell in the line of duty last year took their place on the memorial. “This democracy was founded on the belief that people would be willing to sacrifice…
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Parker man indicted for taking $1.4 million in COVID-19 relief
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A Parker man faces a federal indictment for fraudulently obtaining funds through COVID-19 assistance programs over three years, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Colorado said on Wednesday. Tarek Kassem, 63, is accused of applying for, and receiving, more than $1.4 million in Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and more than $300,000 in Payroll Protection Program…
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Bilingual program Get Ahead Colorado offers support on filing taxes, finding credits
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Following a successful statewide outreach last year, Get Ahead Colorado will continue with its awareness and help campaign for tax filing assistance and sourcing available tax credits. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) recently announced it will continue the bilingual Get Ahead…
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Coloradans to get money back from TurboTax settlement
The company behind the TurboTax tax-filing program will pay $141 million to customers across the United States who were deceived by misleading promises of free tax-filing services, New York’s attorney general announced Wednesday. Under the terms of a settlement signed by the attorneys general of all 50 states, Mountain View, California-based Intuit Inc. will suspend…
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The future of financing space development
Once the Internal Revenue Service starts recognizing things like spaceports the way it does airports, docks and train stations, investment in the aerospace industry will really take off, according to two financing experts who spoke at the 37th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs last week. Jon Moellenberg, Colorado-based managing director of RBC Capital Markets, and…
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Colorado nonprofit targeted with redistricting lobbying complaint helped draft others’ map proposals
Days after a formal complaint accused a secretly funded nonprofit organization of violating redistricting lobbying disclosure laws, a video recording obtained by The Gazette reveals the same group helped craft maps proposed by the prominent Colorado Farm Bureau, contradicting what the Farm Bureau’s president told the state’s redistricting commissioners. The Farm Bureau president Carlyle Currier…
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Gypsum man sentenced to prison for tax fraud after claiming he made a $250,000 donation to a made-up church
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A Gypsum business owner who ordained himself the pastor of a made-up church in a bid to hide $250,000 from federal tax authorities will spend a year and a day in jail, officials said. Trenton Switzer, 40, was sentenced in federal court Thursday by U.S. District Court Judge Christine Arguello. In addition to his 366…
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The ‘Lower Ark’ may be mostly Republican but the issues are widely divergent
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editor’s note: This story is part of a series to capture views among Coloradans. Those who live in southeast Colorado do not always share monolithic views with their northeast Colorado cousins. But views about the urban-rural divide — or what some call the war on…