Additional Quote of the Day
From the IG Report:
“We also believe that Determinations Unit specialists lacked knowledge of what activities are allowed by I.R.C. § 501(c)(3) and I.R.C. § 501(c)(4) tax-exempt organizations.”
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Inspector General May Do Follow Up Audit on How IRS Determines if (c)(4)’s are Engaged in Impermissible Political Activitiy
Very important fn 12 of the report:
A future audit is being considered to assess how the EO function monitors I.R.C. §§ 501(c)(4)–(6) organizations to ensure that political campaign intervention does not constitute their primary activity.
“It’s About Disclosure, Stupid; The larger failing behind the terrible IRS treatment of tea party groups.”
I’ve written this commentary for Slate. It begins:
Let’s not make excuses for the IRS. The agency shouldn’t have subjected conservative groups to special scrutiny. Campaign finance reform groups should have immediately called for hearings when this scandal broke: Imagine… Continue reading
HuffPo Posts Copy of Inspector General Report on IRS Tea Party Targeting
“IRS Official’s Admission Baffled Audience At Tax Panel”
Must read TPM:
“We all just sort of looked at each other and couldn’t quite understand,” Ellen Aprill, a professor at Loyola Law School who was in the audience, told TPM on Monday. “It seemed so odd that it… Continue reading
“IRS Tea Party Targeting Came After Court Rulings Upended Agency Role”
Paul Blumenthal reports for HuffPo.
“San Diego considers cap on political party donations”
The Union Tribune reports.
Information about the hearing (including a link to my prepared testimony) here.
If You are an AOL Subscriber and On the Election Law Listserv….
the servers have kicked you off. (I assure you, this was a decision made by the Cincinnati office with no input from highers-up!).
We are working on it. Apologies.
Quote of the Day
“Mistakes were made, but they were in no way due to any political or partisan motivation. We are — and will continue to be — dedicated to reviewing all applications for tax-exempt status in an impartial manner.”
Acting IRS Commissioner… Continue reading
“IRS Controversy Revives Questions About Tax-Exempt Issues”
“Tempest in a Teapot?”
Stephen Spaulding blogs at Common Cause’s blog.
Toobin on the IRS Mess
New Yorker:
It is certainly true that the I.R.S., and every other part of the government, should be evenhanded in how it applies the law, regarding liberal and conservative groups alike. If left-leaning organizations were disguising their true purposes to… Continue reading