Whistleblowers: IRS Officials Behind ‘Fraudulent’ Multi-Billion Dollar Corporate Tax Giveaways

[Hissyspit]

Source: Raw Story

Whistleblowers: IRS officials behind ‘fraudulent’ multi-billion dollar corporate tax giveaways

Nafeez Ahmed
22 Oct 2014 at 07:46 ET

A 10-year veteran Internal Revenue Service (IRS) attorney has demanded a Congressional audit of the IRS to investigate the agency’s alleged role in allowing American corporations to illegally avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes at the same time the agency is cracking down on individuals and small businesses.

In a letter to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, IRS commissioner John A. Koskinen, and IRS chief counsel William Wilkins, Jane J. Kim, an attorney in the IRS Office of the Chief Counsel in New York, accused IRS executives of “deliberately” facilitating multi-billion dollar tax giveaways. The letter, dated October 19, will add further pressure on the agency, which is under fire for allegedly targeting conservative and Tea Party groups.

Kim, who has previously blown the whistle on “gross waste of government resources” in the IRS New York field offices, wrote in her new letter that senior IRS officials have “intentionally undermined the authority of the IRS Whistleblower Office” to avoid taking action “in cases involving billions in corporate taxes due.” The IRS also refuses to enforce laws for “large corporate taxpayers,” resulting in giveaways of further billions, despite applying the same laws with “draconian strictness to small business, the self-employed, and wage-earning individuals.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/whistleblowers-irs-officials-behind-fraudulent-multi-billion-dollar-corporate-tax-giveaways/

[cstanleytech]

1. If true it might be time to clean house at the IRS. nt

[Scuba]

18. It was time in January, 2009, just like Minerals and Mining, DOJ, EPA, NSA, DOD, etc, etc, etc...

[Ash_F]

19. Obama's biggest failure was not shit-canning half the executive branch. /nt

[Enthusiast]

30. I found it curious at the time.

The President acted as if these were good and honest people. Most Democrats know better.

[wordpix]

35. exactly and add to the list USDA, FDA

I've done a lot of research into these agencies that operate on revolving-door, let-corporations-run-us principles

[rtracey]

31. not really

Not really going to happen during a right wing controlled congress.... Tell me, do you think Issa will have hearings on this....I am not going to bet on it....

[cstanleytech]

32. "do you think Issa will have hearings on this" Yes he will............when hell freezes over. nt

[wordpix]

42. Congressmen "could not be reached for comment"---they must consult with their puppetmasters first!

gawd how transparent.

I am not talking about Elizabeth Warren, Maxine Waters, Alan Grayson, Bernie Sanders but the R's mentioned

[rtracey]

44. ahhhh

Yes..... indeed.....

[The Magistrate]

2. 'I'll Take --- What Won't Rep. Issa Hold Hearings To Look Into? --- For One Hundred, Alex....'

[TygrBright]

3. I believe you've hit the Daily Double, Sir! n/t

[mindwalker_i]

5. Followed immediately by

"I'll take screwing citizens in the back door for $200, Alex"

[SomeGuyInEagan]

13. Followed immediately by ..

... BENGAHZI!

[mindwalker_i]

15. Nice

[aggiesal]

22. Here's your answer ...

ASS-I

[aggiesal]

23. What is Issa spelled backwards? Alex ...

That's correct for $200.
Your turn to pick.

[wordpix]

36. not Alex, but ALEC

[The Magistrate]

38. Well Played, Sir....

[wordpix]

43. I'm a m'am but thanks

[closeupready]

4. K&R

[blm]

6. Heard of this before 2004 election - Bush's IRS targeted working individuals

and environmental-type organizations while pretty much making corporate taxes and high worth individuals a low priority.

By the time he left office the practice was institutionalized and, of course, those political appointees Bush left behind to oversee the IRS would be in those positions to 2014.

[BrotherIvan]

17. ^^This!^^

There was quite a bit of house cleaning that needed to be done, but strangely wasn't. Republicans with dirty hands were left all over government to continue the same policies behind the scenes. The CIA, NSA, FDA, all over. And surprise, here's another one!

Curiouser and curiouser. The further down the rabbit hole you go, the more the actions and outcomes make sense.

[wordpix]

37. Obama needs to throw off his corporate puppetmasters - he's not running again

and it won't hurt Dems if O shows some presidential strength and cleans house in all these agencies that do nothing but tow the corporate line

[Enthusiast]

29. That sounds right to me. +1

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[ReRe]

7. Well, well, well...

... wonder what will happen to THIS whistleblower?

[TRoN33]

9. I'd bet you that GCC is building the underground Fortress prison like that 80's movie

Exclusive for whistleblowers and potential enemy of state, religion, and corporations...

[SoapBox]

10. Well, there is GITMO!

[TRoN33]

11. Yes that one...

I probably watch too much dystopian movies...

[TRoN33]

8. Wait, is Tea Party happy about tax giveaways to corporations now?

They're mustn't be mad at IRS anymore.

[wordpix]

39. just remember the Tea Party is creation of Koch Bros & Friends

so of course the T party is happy about corporate tax giveaways.

[Dopers_Greed]

12. NARCing on corporate/IRS tax evasion conspiracy?

Wow, these whistleblowers are going away for a long, long time.

[Enthusiast]

28. My thoughts exactly.

[wildbilln864]

14. k & r & thanks! n/t

[grahamhgreen]

16. We should eliminate personal income tax on entities making less than 100k.

[indepat]

20. Large corporations are a privileged group of people not required pay taxes like other people

and who are typically not held accountable for their unlawful actions.

[Enthusiast]

27. Precisely.

[Kingofalldems]

21. Kick this for the GOP crew.

[Dustlawyer]

24. Revolving door, just like Wall Street! America needs an overhaul, instituting publicly funded

elections and outlawing campaign contributions. Once we have Reppresentative Democracy again, we can bust up the media and banking oligopolies, and reform the revolving door. There is so much corruption here it makes all of the third would countries look squeaky clean!
Of course it would take millions of pissed off Americans committed to fighting for all of this, I don't think we are there yet!

[Enthusiast]

26. PLUS ONE, a huge bunch!

[Enthusiast]

25. Kicked and recommended! This is why whistle blowers are so valuable to society.

Now we can watch to see if these guilty IRS "Officials" get so much as a slap on the wrist.

It's corruption from sea to shining sea.

[840high]

33. ....

[raouldukelives]

34. K&R Corrupt to the core.

The only thing that ever trickled down from Reaganomics was the moral and ethical behavior they displayed for everyone else to emulate. And emulate it they have. Steal, lie and on the slightest chance you ever do get called on it, just say you don't recall. The buck stops nowhere.

[wordpix]

40. my friend who made min. wage at the time was audited by IRS

She claimed her child as a tax deduction but the deadbeat father did, too, which triggered an audit. IRS put her through hell as if she were evading billions in taxes, and she had to hire a lawyer on her min. wage salary.

But let the corporate greedy tax evaders go free with whatever they want.

[onecaliberal]

41. Paging Daryl Issa....

Here is a real scandal.

[polynomial]

45. Yikes a giant conflict of interest

Don’t you just adore that theme talked about once in a while called dump the IRS?

Or just a while ago one of the political people or several say on occasion just get rid of the IRS department.

Here in Illinois that billionaire Bruce Rauner is definitely a one percenter buying his way to the governor’s office, or trying to do that. Run Illinois like a business.

It was just the other day a progressive talk show host made announcement that this billionaire Bruce Rauner owned The Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. It is one of the largest newspapers in the Chicago area. The kicker is that newspaper endorses Rauner for the office of governor. Yikes a giant conflict of interest.

Sort of like Cheney and his Halliburton subcontractors. Actually one of the right wing news people announced that secret mercenary army in Iraq is found to have convictions for murder in the war at Iraq. This implication is devastating for Cheney and Bush, it should be. That war was all profiteering and crime.

Just run the government like a business on sales taxes. Imagine half the country is considered in poverty. Its no wonder in some communities its so obvious there is Wal-marts, dollar stores, general dollar stores, dollar tree, and a host of resale second hand shops, besides new glitzy pawn shops, and money for your car title, don’t forget payday loan stores. That’s the new American business tax base…

But think about that real relation to all laws configured for special reasons on record voted by elected officials. How the IRS is so tightly connected to every law for the past century. Heck the whole notion of that type of change shows we the people need an overhaul of all the legislation for the past century if it is intended to rid ourselves of the IRS.

I vote we the people of poverty must be included in the written structure of legislation moving forward. America needs a whole new approach to law in this new age we the people of poverty should be included…