On May 10, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service apologized for scrutinizing tax exempt organization applications which included the words "Tea Party" or "patriot". This has raised serious concerns from both Republicans and Democrats alike. |
July 26, 2017 - House Conservatives Set Ambitious Tax Reform Target: The IRS
“At its worst, the IRS has shown a capacity for outright corruption and political targeting,” the Republican Study Committee (RSC) wrote in its budget, released Thursday. “Under the Obama Administration, the IRS illegally targeted conservatives. It has channeled millions of taxpayer dollars away from taxpayer assistance for employee bonuses.
July 26, 2017 - A culture of carelessness and secrecy at the IRS
The IRS systematically loses and destroys important federal records. Even if you request a file from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under the Freedom of Information Act, there’s no guarantee the agency will make a serious attempt to find your documents.
July 26, 2017 - IRS finally agrees to clear last tea party case
The IRS agreed not to penalize the group for the words “tea party” in its name. The IRS also vowed not to consider the ideology of the group’s members.
July 18, 2017 - Electronic Record Rete ntion Policies Do Not Consist ently Ensure That Records Are Retained
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June 7, 2017 - Schweizer: Did Hillary Intimidate Bangladesh Gov't Over Clinton Fdn Donor?
"If they didn't do that, they would have the IRS audit her son," Schweizer said.Sajeeb Wazed Joy has lived in the United States for about 20 years.
May 18, 2017 - Make IRS officials’ testimony public
The public has a right to hear it now. Judge Barrett should not allow the testimony of Lerner and Paz to remain secret.
May 16, 2017 - Before Lois Lerner Targeted The Tea Party, She Helped The Clinton Foundation
She helped accomplish this feat through a 2007 letter on two legal issues of such magnitude that it’s unlikely the Clinton nonprofit could have become what it is in 2017, 20 years after its creation.
May 15, 2017 - Grover Norquist: IRS Commissioner Should Be Fired Next
“It was a nightmare. We basically just gave up on it,” Everett Wilkinson, chairman of a South Florida Tea Party group told the South Florida Sun Sentinel in 2013. “Whatever they could do to send you around in circles, they would. A lot of other [Tea Party] groups just closed their doors or changed their status to for-profit — or just didn’t file anything.”
May 15, 2017 - IRS Agents: Public Testimony Would Put Their Lives in Danger
Lois Lerner and Holly Paz have indicated in court filings that they received death threats and have been harassed after the allegations of anti-conservative bias surfaced in 2013.
April 18, 2017 - Brady and Roskam Letter to Jeff Sessions
April 18, 2017 - Lois Lerner got off easy in the IRS scandal. It's time to reexamine the targeting of conservatives
“On April 9, 2014, the House Committee on Ways and Means voted to send a letter to the Department of Justice referring former IRS Exempt Organizations Division Director Lois G. Lerner for criminal prosecution. As indicated in the attached letter, the Committee’s nearly three-year investigation uncovered evidence of willful misconduct on the part of Ms. Lerner. Despite this fact, and for what many believe were purely partisan reasons, the prior Administration refused to review Ms. Lerner’s misconduct.”
April 18, 2017 - IRS commissioner says he hasn't talked to president
In a letter to President Trump also dated April 6, Republicans on the House Oversight Committee demanded he fire Koskinen.
April 18, 2017 - Kevin Brady continues legal pursuit of former IRS official
In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Brady, who is chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, and Illinois Republican Peter Roskam are calling on the Department of Justice to take a "fresh look" at evidence they say shows that Lois Lerner broke the law by targeting Americans for their political beliefs.
April 10, 2017 - House Oversight Committee: President Trump, Remove IRS Commissioner John Koskinen
"So long as the IRS commissioner is a man who has misled the people, destroyed evidence, and failed his legal duties to the people's representatives in Congress, the IRS is not 'controlled by the people.' For that reason, we request you immediately remove Koskinen."
April 10, 2017 - Lawmakers alarmed by scale of IRS security threats
The IRS witnessed a roughly 400-percent surge in phishing and malware incidents during last tax season, in which emails impersonating the IRS or other tax industry entities to trick taxpayers into handing over information.
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