READ: Full IG Report On IRS Targeting

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

READ: Full IG Report On IRS Targeting

ERIC LACH 5:58 PM EDT, TUESDAY MAY 14, 2013

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration on Tuesday released its report finding that the Internal Revenue Service "used inappropriate criteria that identified for review Tea Party and other organizations applying for tax-exempt status based upon their names or policy positions instead of indications of potential political campaign intervention."

Read the full report:

Inappropriate Criteria Were Used to Identify Tax-Exempt Applications for Review




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[iamthebandfanman]

1. soooo

96 groups were for sure conservative related...

what were the 'other' 202??

[railsback]

3. Yeah, that's interesting

Only a third were flagged for rightwing tags. What the hell were the other two thirds flagged for?

[Andy823]

4. Good Question

Seems like there still is a lot of information that isn't getting reported. I have yet to see any major news site talk about "the others" who were not granted their tax exemption status.

Another thing I don't understand is that the guy in charge at the time was a republican appointee, Bush. Why haven't we seen the republicans targeting that guy? They want heads to roll, and people to be fired, yet this guy already stepped down. There are so many questions that still have not be asked, or answered! Just my opinion.

[LeftInTX]

2. Thank you!!!

Now I just need to take a course in speed reading!

[Hell Hath No Fury]

5. In reading the IRS reply to --

the IG investigation it appears that it was as I suspected -- there was a huge increase in groups applying for 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status once Obama got into office, many who were going to engage in political activity. That is a serious red light for the IRS, period. I find it interesting the IG did not look at other groups that may have been targeted by the IRS -- that is something I would very much like to know.

[upaloopa]

6. The right breaks the rules and knows we will play

fair which gives them cover. The real question should be what were the findings of the IRS?

[DonViejo]

7. From what I have read....

there were no findings, per se, rather; the IRS was still looking/investigating.