sailingaway
05-10-2013, 01:44 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/irs-apologizes-targeting-conservative-groups-144349480.html;_ylt=ArH2oxiZd7u3er0ws4LBJLubCMZ_;_ ylu=X3oDMTFka3BkYnE0BG1pdANCbG9nIEJvZHkEcG9zAzEEc2 VjA01lZGlhQmxvZ0JvZHlBc3NlbWJseQ--;_ylg=X3oDMTNsM2toc2RyBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRw c3RhaWQDZTU1ZjRhNTgtZTBjZi0zZmVmLWJiZjctMzZjOTRkNT FlNGE3BHBzdGNhdANwb2xpdGljc3x0aGV0aWNrZXQEcHQDc3Rv cnlwYWdlBHRlc3QDUUVfQ29udHJvbA--;_ylv=3
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service inappropriately flagged conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status, a top IRS official said Friday.
Organizations were singled out because they included the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status, said Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS division that oversees tax-exempt groups.
In some cases, groups were asked for their list of donors, which violates IRS policy in most cases, she said.
"That was wrong. That was absolutely incorrect, it was insensitive and it was inappropriate. That's not how we go about selecting cases for further review," Lerner said at a conference sponsored by the American Bar Association.
"The IRS would like to apologize for that," she added.
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Many conservative groups complained during the election that they were being harassed by the IRS. They accused the agency of frustrating their attempts to become tax exempt by sending them lengthy, intrusive questionnaires.
The forms, which the groups made available at the time, sought information about group members' political activities, including details of their postings on social networking websites and about family members.
sure seems like the SPL hate lists they put out stimulate all sorts of wrongful action.
McConnell tries to seem like tea party friend by condemning this. Wonder if he would have when the tea party was challenging Trey Greyson?
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/top-senate-republican-calls-irs-investigation-175210457.html
all the same I am glad it is being investigated. It absolutely is a violation of fourth amendment to require private information on a biased basis imho.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service inappropriately flagged conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status, a top IRS official said Friday.
Organizations were singled out because they included the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status, said Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS division that oversees tax-exempt groups.
In some cases, groups were asked for their list of donors, which violates IRS policy in most cases, she said.
"That was wrong. That was absolutely incorrect, it was insensitive and it was inappropriate. That's not how we go about selecting cases for further review," Lerner said at a conference sponsored by the American Bar Association.
"The IRS would like to apologize for that," she added.
...
Many conservative groups complained during the election that they were being harassed by the IRS. They accused the agency of frustrating their attempts to become tax exempt by sending them lengthy, intrusive questionnaires.
The forms, which the groups made available at the time, sought information about group members' political activities, including details of their postings on social networking websites and about family members.
sure seems like the SPL hate lists they put out stimulate all sorts of wrongful action.
McConnell tries to seem like tea party friend by condemning this. Wonder if he would have when the tea party was challenging Trey Greyson?
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/top-senate-republican-calls-irs-investigation-175210457.html
all the same I am glad it is being investigated. It absolutely is a violation of fourth amendment to require private information on a biased basis imho.