“If the IRS Was Targeting Karl Rove’s Shadowy Group, It Was Doing Its Job”
Alec MacGillis for TNR.
Category Archives: tax law and election law
“House Committee Holds IRS Official in Contempt”
” Watchdog Groups Challenge House Ways and Means Committee Letter Claiming IRS Pursuit of Crossroads GPS was Improper; Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and Campaign Legal Center Executive Director J. Gerald Hebert”
Here.
“What Newly Released Docs Tell Us About the IRS and How It Handles Dark Money Groups”
If you read one thing on the latest IRS revelations, make it this from ProPublica.
“G.O.P. Seeks Investigation Of Ex-Official From I.R.S.”
NYT:
House Republicans on Wednesday formally asked Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to begin a criminal investigation of Lois Lerner, the former Internal Revenue Service official caught up in the scandal over political targeting of Tea Party groups.
The… Continue reading
“Darrell Issa says emails suggest Elijah Cummings prompted IRS targeting of True the Vote”
It Just Gets Worse for the IRS and Politics
WaPo: “Internal Revenue Service employees urged callers to vote for President Obama, disparaged Republicans in conversations with taxpayers and wore pro-Obama swag to work during the 2012 election cycle, according to a federal ethics watchdog.”
“AFJ Urges the IRS to Retract Erroneous Statement on Judicial & Executive Nominees”
Release:
In a March 27 letter to the IRS, Alliance for Justice called on the Service to issue an immediate clarification about the treatment of activities to influence executive and judicial appointments and nominations made in the recent… Continue reading
“American Tradition Partnership is Back”
The latest from Montana.
“A Response to the Koch Brothers Claim of Entitlement to Anonymous Political Giving”
“House lawyers say panel can pursue contempt charges against Lois Lerner”
WaPo reports.
Attorneys for the House of Representatives concluded this week that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has legal standing to pursue contempt charges against former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner.
The determination, outlined in a… Continue reading
“Most Organizations Support Changes to Rules Governing Nonprofits”
Press release: “Organizations that would be most affected by new rules governing nonprofits are overwhelmingly calling on the IRS to continue the rulemaking process, according to a new analysis by Public Citizen’s Bright Lines Project. In fact, 67… Continue reading
“Oklahoma For-Profit Corporation Not Subject to 501(c)(4) Rules Established to Support Republican Senate Candidate”
Paul Caron blogs, and adds, “For more, see Donald B. Tobin (Ohio State), The 2013 IRS Crisis: Where Do We Go From Here?, 142 Tax Notes 1120 (2014).”
“Forget the Dictionary, Super PACs Aren’t New’
Francis Barry writes for Bloomberg View.