Category Archives: tax law and election law
“Cantor calls for special prosecutor in IRS targeting investigation”
WaPo: “The House majority leader on Friday called for Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint special counsel to investigate the Internal Revenue Service’s controversial treatment of certain advocacy groups during the past two election cycles.”
“Center files appeal with FEC to release counsel’s report”
CCP: “The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) filed an appeal today with the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) after a Commission’s staff member denied the group’s request for release of a controversial agency document related to a complaint against Crossroads… Continue reading
“CRS: Recent 501(c)(4) Proposed Rules Could Greatly Impact Campaign Finance”
Bloomberg BNA:
Recently proposed Treasury Department rules that would curb the political activity of 501(c)(4) groups could be critical in both campaign finance law and tax law debates, though they do contain limitations, the Congressional Research Service said in… Continue reading
“What Happens When a Dark Money Group Blows Off IRS Rules? Nothing.”
Must-read ProPublica.
“House Republicans Look For Justice Department Role in IRS Controversy”
Tom Edsall Delves Into the IRS Mess
Edsall: “The continuing effort of House Republicans to characterize the IRS-Tea Party debacle as an example of a Democratic administration harassing conservative independent expenditure groups ignores the genuinely deleterious effects of slashing the federal tax collection budget.”
“Nonprofits Challenge Donor Disclosures Required by California AG, IRS, and FEC”
Ginni Thomas, Justice Thomas’s Spouse, Interviews Cleta Mitchell, and Reflects on IRS Scandal
Thomas says:
Contrary to the president’s allegation to Fox’s Bill O’Reilly on Feb. 2 that there is “not a smidgen of corruption,” the IRS scandal is going from bad to worse as newly released emails have revealed even more… Continue reading
PunditFact on George Will on IRS as “Obama’s Watergate”
PunditFact:
Will likened the events at the IRS to Watergate. That’s his right as a Washington pundit, but we found little evidence (in fact, no one has) linking the actions of the IRS to the Obama White House in… Continue reading
IRS’s Lois Lerner Was Skeptical of Criminal Prosecution of 501c(4)s
Politico Morning Tax:
LATEST IRS DRAMA, PER A NEW BATCH OF EMAILS —
DOJ CONTACTED LERNER ABOUT PROSECUTING SOCIAL WELFARE GROUPS. Two days before Lois Lerner broke the IRS scandal news at a tax law conference, the Department of… Continue reading
“IRS chief committed to new rules for nonprofits despite conservative resistance”
“IRS chief: New rule on the way for tax-exempt groups”
USA Today:
The Internal Revenue Service is prepared to rewrite a proposed rule regulating the political activities of non-profit groups to address complaints from the right and left that it goes too far, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said Monday.… Continue reading
“If the IRS Was Targeting Karl Rove’s Shadowy Group, It Was Doing Its Job”
Alec MacGillis for TNR.