Category Archives: tax law and election law
How Much Did White House Contribute to IRS PR Disaster?
Politico:
Just a day after telling reporters that chief of staff Denis McDonough had learned of the situation about a month ago, press secretary Jay Carney revealed that White House officials had consulted with the IRS on how to… Continue reading
True the Vote Sues IRS and IRS Officials Regarding Its Tax Status
Read the complaint, which gives the personal home addresses of the sued IRS officials.
Questions About 501(c)(4)s?
Donald Tobin has provided these updated and much-needed FAQs.
TaxProf IRS Scandal Roundup, Day 12
Trevor Potter Emerges from “Mazda Scandal Booth” to Help Colbert File Application for 501c4 Status with IRS
“Obama’s Defense in IRS Case Is Pre-Election Ignorance”
“‘True the Vote,’ the Victim? Voter Vigilante Group Says IRS Targeted Its ‘Verify the Recall’ Effort in Wisconsin”
PR Watch reports. Note that TTV is a c3, and so the legal question about political intervention is different from the one involving c4s’ “primary purpose.”
“How Not to Handle a Scandal”
“White House Says It Didn’t Loop Obama In on I.R.S. Inquiry”
NYT: “White House officials were first notified on April 16 about an investigation into Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative groups and discussed its potential findings with the Treasury Department but never told President Obama, the White House said… Continue reading
“IRS’s Lerner Had History of Harassment, Inappropriate Religious Inquiries at FEC”
This item appears at the blog of the Weekly Standard.
“Foggy Tax Law Breakdown”
Eliza ($): “The IRS scandal triggered by its targeting of conservative groups has pulled back the curtain on an agency profoundly ill-equipped to respond to modern tax and campaign finance challenges, and Congress is at least partly to blame.”