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The IRS Targets Republicans & Conservatives
In 2013, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revealed that it had selected political groups applying for tax-exempt status for intensive scrutiny based on their names or political themes. This led to wide condemnation of the agency and triggered several investigations, including a Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal probe ordered by United States Attorney General Eric Holder.[1][2] Initial reports described the selections as nearly exclusively of conservative groups with terms such as "Tea Party" in their names. Further investigation by media outlets appeared to confirm this, revealing that some liberal-leaning groups and the Occupy movement had also triggered additional scrutiny, but not at nearly the same rate as conservative groups.[3][4][5][6][7] The Republican majority on the House Oversight Committee issued a report claiming conservative groups were subjected to greater scrutiny; however, the report was criticized by the committee's Democratic minority which claimed the report ignored evidence liberal groups were targeted.[8][9]
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_targeting_controversy
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_targeting_controversy
No one would even dare compile statistics now. And thanks to Obama's
complicity with the GOP we're saving millions by downsizing the IRS, while leaving billions uncollected.
"The aftershocks from the political targeting scandal certainly don't facilitate prompt solutions," said Mark Everson, a former IRS commissioner appointed by President George W. Bush. "I would imagine there is a real slowdown getting issues resolved because there is a tendency on the part of employees to make sure they aren't causing new problems."
Cheryl Chasin, who worked for 32 years until 2010 in the IRS' exempt organizations division, which oversees nonprofits, went further: "Anybody who at this point stuck their neck out [by delving into political spending] … would be slapped so hard and so fast they would bounce."
Politically active nonprofits are simply "not afraid of the IRS or anybody else on this matter," said Paul Streckfus, a former exempt organizations division employee who now edits a trade journal focusing on nonprofits. "Anything goes as far as spending" by these groups. "
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/irs-almost-never-audits-dark-money-nonprofits-documents-show-n290436
"The lack of IRS oversight and enforcement stems from a confluence of factors — fewer employees are devoted to nonprofits at a time when the number of "dark money" groups applying for tax exempt status has skyrocketed, and the agency meantime has failed to clarify the rules surrounding political activity.
Internal IRS documents also show declines in the number of IRS employees investigating nonprofit groups and the number of employees who approve organizations' application for nonprofit status, which allows the groups to avoid paying certain taxes.
"The IRS is not doing its job," Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., told the Center for Public Integrity. "There have been not only some obvious abuses of the tax exemption by some of these so-called social welfare groups, but I think some pretty flagrant ones."
Help is not on the way. President Barack Obama last month signed into law a bill that chops the IRS' annual budget by $345.6 million — reducing agency funding to 2008 levels.
It's a decision IRS Commissioner John Koskinen says will result in hiring freezes and further job losses.
"The number of taxpayers keeps going up and the resources are down," he said in an interview. "We are leaving billions of dollars uncollected because we do not have enough" employees."
So whatta think? Who is most deserving of oversight? Where do we expend scarce resources investigating misuse of 501(c)s?
complicity with the GOP we're saving millions by downsizing the IRS, while leaving billions uncollected.
"The aftershocks from the political targeting scandal certainly don't facilitate prompt solutions," said Mark Everson, a former IRS commissioner appointed by President George W. Bush. "I would imagine there is a real slowdown getting issues resolved because there is a tendency on the part of employees to make sure they aren't causing new problems."
Cheryl Chasin, who worked for 32 years until 2010 in the IRS' exempt organizations division, which oversees nonprofits, went further: "Anybody who at this point stuck their neck out [by delving into political spending] … would be slapped so hard and so fast they would bounce."
Politically active nonprofits are simply "not afraid of the IRS or anybody else on this matter," said Paul Streckfus, a former exempt organizations division employee who now edits a trade journal focusing on nonprofits. "Anything goes as far as spending" by these groups. "
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/irs-almost-never-audits-dark-money-nonprofits-documents-show-n290436
"The lack of IRS oversight and enforcement stems from a confluence of factors — fewer employees are devoted to nonprofits at a time when the number of "dark money" groups applying for tax exempt status has skyrocketed, and the agency meantime has failed to clarify the rules surrounding political activity.
Internal IRS documents also show declines in the number of IRS employees investigating nonprofit groups and the number of employees who approve organizations' application for nonprofit status, which allows the groups to avoid paying certain taxes.
"The IRS is not doing its job," Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., told the Center for Public Integrity. "There have been not only some obvious abuses of the tax exemption by some of these so-called social welfare groups, but I think some pretty flagrant ones."
Help is not on the way. President Barack Obama last month signed into law a bill that chops the IRS' annual budget by $345.6 million — reducing agency funding to 2008 levels.
It's a decision IRS Commissioner John Koskinen says will result in hiring freezes and further job losses.
"The number of taxpayers keeps going up and the resources are down," he said in an interview. "We are leaving billions of dollars uncollected because we do not have enough" employees."
So whatta think? Who is most deserving of oversight? Where do we expend scarce resources investigating misuse of 501(c)s?
Show me the profile and then I will agree with it.
It's just 'profiling' el. C'mon, you looove profiling.
If there's a profile for a 501(c) tax cheat that leans toward Republican, conservative, Tea Party shouldn't they use it?
If there's a profile for a 501(c) tax cheat that leans toward Republican, conservative, Tea Party shouldn't they use it?
What's good for the goose...
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