Sens. Hatch and Baucus Send Letter to Get IRS Mess Docs for Finance Committee
Bloomberg BNA posts the letter.
Category Archives: tax law and election law
“Crossroads GPS believes it is under IRS scrutiny”
LAT:
Crossroads GPS, the behemoth conservative advocacy group behind some of the most robust attacks against President Obama’s administration, said Monday that it believes it is among those organizations subjected to special scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service.
The… Continue reading
Really? with Seth and Amy on IRS Scandal
“A bushel of Pinocchios for IRS’s Lois Lerner”
WaPo’s fact checker gives Lerner Four Pinocchios for a number of statements she made in connection with the IRS controversy.
“IRS probe ignored most influential groups”
AP: “There’s an irony in the Internal Revenue Service’s crackdown on conservative groups. The nation’s tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller tea party organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, and senior Treasury Department officials were notified in… Continue reading
“I.R.S. Inquiry Status Told to White House in April”
“How the IRS seeded the clouds in 2010 for a political deluge three years later”
WaPo: “The story of the IRS’s policy of targeting right-leaning groups, which played out over several years in Cincinnati, Washington and dozens of other cities and towns, was one of a bureaucracy caught in a morass of uncertainty and… Continue reading
“‘Who’s going to jail’ over IRS scandal? Probably nobody.”
Aaron Blake writes for WaPo.
“Dan Pfeiffer: Legal questions in IRS scandal ‘irrelevant’ to ‘inexcusable’ actions”
“Obama’s Counsel Told of IRS Audit Findings Weeks Ago”
WSJ: “The White House’s chief lawyer learned weeks ago that an audit of the Internal Revenue Service likely would show that agency employees inappropriately targeted conservative groups, a senior White House official said Sunday. That disclosure has prompted a… Continue reading
“A Den of Liberals: The IRS, like most government agencies, leans left. It’s just a fact of life”
Weigel:
In theory, the civil-servant structure should make an organization less prone to an eruption of bias or of hive-mind behavior. But that’s not how it works. Liberals are more likely to enter the civil service, and to stick… Continue reading
“IRS Scandal, Day 10”
TaxProf has an extensive collection of links. Here is the most recent set of coverage (and this SNL skit). Earlier coverage:
IRS Admits to Targeting Conservative Groups in 2012 Election (May 10, 2013)
WaPo and WSJ Agree: IRS Targeting … Continue reading