WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups has little if anything to do with most everyday taxpayers, but some lawmakers are hoping attention to the budding scandal will swell public and political support for rewriting and simplifying a federal tax code that has undergone some 5,000 changes in the past dozen years.

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for utility PPL Corp <PPL.N> in its dispute with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service over credits the company claimed to offset overseas tax payments. The court ruled on a unanimous vote that Pennsylvania-based PPL can claim $39 million in U.S. foreign tax credits against a 1997 British windfall tax.

As the income tax season closes, ACT Teachers Party-List Representative Antonio Tinio reiterated the need to provide income tax relief for workers and employees in the public and private sectors.“Everytime small- and middle-income earners file their tax returns, every payslip they get, they see that much of what they earn goes to the government, leaving barely enough for their needs,” said Tinio.“For some, they wonder why they give away a third of their salaries when they can barely make ends meet for themselves and their families,” he addedTinio explained that there i

The Bureau of Internal Revenue Thursday filed before the Department of Justice P166.67 million tax evasion cases against a model/TV host and her accountant, a Mandaluyong City-based distributor of hardware and lighting equipment and a Manila-based supplier of the Philippine National Police.In a press conference, BIR Commissioner Kim S.