Tuesday, June 25, 2013
The IRS Scandal, Day 47
- IRS: IRS Charts a Path Forward with Immediate Actions
- IR-2013-62: Report Outlines Changes for IRS to Ensure Accountability, Chart a Path Forward; Immediate Actions, Next Steps Outlined
- Danny Werfel (IRS Principal Deputy Commissioner): Charting a Path Forward at the IRS: Initial Assessment and Plan of Action
- IRS: Exempt Organizations (EO) Recommended Actions
- FS-2013-7: Highlights from the IRS Report
- FS-2013-8: IRS Offers New Streamlined Option to Certain 501(c)(4) Groups Caught in Application Backlog
- House Ways & Means Committee Democrats: New IRS Information Shows “Progressives” Included on BOLO Screening List
- Sander Levin Memorandum: Preliminary IRS Investigation Update — TIGTA’s Failure to Disclose that “Progressives” Were Included on the IRS “ Be On the Look Out ” (BOLO ) Lists
- Accounting Today: IRS Outlines Steps to Fix Problems with Tax-Exempt Applications
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution: More Evidence Refuting Democrats' 'Nothing to See Here' IRS Narrative
- The Atlantic: These Liberal Buzzwords 'Targeted' by IRS Debunk the Conservative Conspiracy
- Bloomberg: IRS Employees Used Terms Including ‘Progressive,’ ‘Israel’
- Bloomberg: IRS Look at Progressives Complicates Tale of Tea-Party Scrutiny
- Bloomberg: IRS Offers Faster Tax-Exemption Route to Delayed Groups
- Cartoon: IRS Drone
- Columbia Journalism Review: The IRS Scandal Unwinds
- Forbes: Should You Lawyer Up Against The IRS? You Bet
- The Hill: IRS: Targeting Went on Through May
- Huffington Post: IRS Targeted Progressive Groups, Too, Documents Reveal
- Journal of Accountancy: IRS Controversy Could Cause Tax-Exempt Processing Slowdown
- L.A. Times: IRS Workers Were Told to Flag 'Progressive' Groups, Memos Show
- National Review: A ‘Far Broader’ BOLO List? Some IRS Storytelling Deserves Additional Scrutiny in Washington.
- National Review: ‘Lookout List’ Not Much Broader Than Originally Thought, Contrary to Reports
- New York Daily News: Dems: Liberal Groups Were Also Scrutinized by the IRS
- New York Magazine: The Vast Anti-Conservative IRS Conspiracy Targeted Liberal Groups, Too
- New York Times: Documents Show Liberals in IRS Dragnet
- Politico: IRS: Post-Scandal Criteria Still Inappropriate’
- Politico: Sander Levin: IRS Tea Party Probe ‘Flawed in a Fundamental Way’
- Reason: IRS Apparently Singled Out Groups Not Represented by Attorneys
- Time: IRS Chief Finds Lingering Malpractice In Agency Review
- U.S. News & World Report: Top IRS Official Removed From Job, Not Fired, Likely Still Works at Agency
- USA Today: IRS: Other 'Inappropriate' Screening of Groups Done
- Wall Street Journal: IRS Halts Political Screening of Groups
- Washington Post: Grassley: IRS Paid $42k in Bonuses to Lois Lerner
- Washington Post: IRS to Make It Easier for Groups to Get Tax-Exempt Status, New Chief Says
- Washington Post: New IRS Chief: Improper Screening Was Broader, Lasted Longer Than Previously Revealed
- Washington Times: New IRS Chief Admits More Targeting Cases
Prior TaxProf Blog Posts:
- IRS Admits to Targeting Conservative Groups in 2012 Election (May 10, 2013)
- WaPo and WSJ Agree: IRS Targeting of Conservatives Is Appalling (May 11, 2013)
- Schmalbeck on the IRS 'Targeting' of Conservative Groups (May 12, 2013)
- The Deepening IRS Scandal (May 13, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 5 (May 14, 2013)
- Jon Stewart and Vic Fleischer on the IRS Scandal (May 14, 2013)
- Inspector General: Ineffective IRS Management Allowed Agents to Target Conservative Groups (May 14, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 6 (May 15, 2013)
- Ellen Aprill, The TIGTA Report on the IRS Scandal: Questions About the IRS and About the Report (May 15, 2013)
- Phillip Hackney, The TIGTA Report on the IRS Scandal: Be on the Lookout for False Partisan Witchunts (May 15, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 7 (May 16, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 8 (May 17, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 9 (May 18, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 10 (May 19, 2013)
- SNL on the IRS Scandal (May 19, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 11 (May 20, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal: Really?! (May 20, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 12 (May 21, 2013)
- Steven Colbert on the IRS Scandal (May 21, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 13 (May 22, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 14 (May 23, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 15 (May 24, 2013)
- Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert on the IRS Scandal (May 24, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 16 (May 25, 2013)
- Jason Jones on the IRS Scandal (May 25, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 17 (May 26, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 18 (May 27, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 19 (May 28, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 20 (May 29, 2013)
- The Impact of the IRS Scandal on Tax Reform (May 29, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 21 (May 30, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 22 (May 31, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 23 (June 1, 2013)
- 'Cupid Shuffle' Dance Training Video Adds to IRS Woes (June 1, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 24 (June 2, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 25 (June 3, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 26 (June 4, 2013)
- Jon Stewart on the IRS Scandal (June 4, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 27 (June 5, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 28 (June 6, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 29 (June 7, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 30 (June 8, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 31 (June 9, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 32 (June 10, 2013)
- The Complete IRS Video Collection (June 10, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 33 (June 11, 2013)
- The Problem Is Not Just IRS Lawyers; The Problem Is All Federal Government Lawyers (June 11, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 34 (June 12, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 35 (June 13, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 36 (June 14, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 37 (June 15, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 38 (June 16, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 39 (June 17, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 40 (June 18, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 41 (June 19, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 42 (June 20, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 43 (June 21, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 44 (June 22, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 45 (June 23, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 46 (June 24, 2013)
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Comments
The Inspector General's failure to disclose that organizations with the word "progressive" in the name were being targeted by the IRS was both inexplicable and extraordinary. The words "progressive" and "blue" appeared on the same IRS "Be On The Lookout" list as the words "tea party" and "patriot" that triggered this uproar. Indeed, they remained on that list even after "tea party" and "patriot" had been taken off. Yet the Inspector General chose to characterize the IRS's actions as targeting conservatives. He then failed to correct this mischaracterization for 47 days.
His name is J. Russell George. He started his government service under Bob Dole, worked in the budget office under George H.W. Bush, then became associate director for policy in the Office of National Service. When Clinton took office, he left government until Gingrich became Speaker, when he returned as chief counsel of a House oversight subcommittee. He was appointed to his current position by George W. Bush. I infer that he is a Republican.
I am left wondering whether his actions reflected an agenda, and if so what that agenda was.
Posted by: Theodore Seto | Jun 25, 2013 8:01:40 AM
"It is one thing to flag a group, it is quite another to repeatedly target and abuse" them, said Sarah Swinehart, a spokeswoman for House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R., Mich.)."
Posted by: Elmer Stoup | Jun 26, 2013 12:42:40 PM