The IRS Scandal, Day 49

• Accounting Today:  IRS Deputy Won’t Testify Before Congress on Awards to Friend
• Atlanta Journal Constitution:  You Want to Know the Truth About the IRS Scandal?
• CBS News:  Duckworth Shames IRS Contractor for Questionable Disability Status
• CNN:  Acting IRS Chief to Face Grilling Thursday
• CNN:  Taxpayer Advocate: IRS Needs More Money. Seriously.
• Daily Caller:  Don’t Politicize the IRS, End It
• Fiscal Times:  Incompetence and Abuse Call for a Clean Sweep of the IRS
• Fiscal Times:  Scandal-Ridden IRS Puts Wine, Porn on Taxpayers’ Tab
• The Hill:  House Republicans Deny Asking Treasury IG to Limit IRS Audit
• The Hill:  Taxpayer Advocate: Groups Seeking Tax-Exempt Status Don't Have Enough Rights
• The Hill:  Ways and Means Republican Has 'Real Problem' With IRS Chief
• National Review: A Far Broader 'BOLA List'? Some IRS Storytelling Deserves Additional Scrutiny in Washington
• National Review:  As IRS Chief Heads to Capitol Hill, GOP Rep. Introduces ‘Taxpayer Bill of Rights’
• Politico:  Panel Poised to Haul IRS's Lois Lerner Back to Congress
• Politico:  Spending at IRS Back in the Spotlight
• Power Line:  The IRS Scandal Rolls On
• Power Line:  Understanding the IRS Scandal
• Tax Analysts Blog:  So the IRS Hounded Liberals Too – But We’ve Still Got a Problem, by Joseph J. Thorndike
• USA Today:  IRS Taxpayer Advocate Suggests 'Apology Payments'
• Wall Street Journal:  Taxpayer Advocate Cites Difficulty With IRS Division
• Washington Examiner:  Another IRS Official Invokes the Fifth Amendment
• Washington Examiner:  As IRS Scandal Grows, Democrats and Media Rush in to Change the Subject
• Washington Post:  Darrell Issa Backtracks on IRS Scandal
• Washington Post:  Hearing Will Examine IRS's Internal Review of Screening Practices
• Washington Post:  IRS Chief to Capitol for First Testimony Since Documents Showed Screening for Progressives
• Washington Post:  IRS Official Declines to Testify During House Hearing on Government Contracts
• Washington Post:  IRS Taxpayer Advocate Suggests 'Apology Payments' for Targeted Groups
• Washington Post:  Progressive Groups Also Faced Long Delays in Getting IRS to Approve Tax-Exempt Status
• Washington Post:  Taxpayer Advocate Says IRS Crisis Is Financial One

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)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 47 (June 25, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 48 (June 26, 2013)
• TIGTA: IRS Credit Cards Used for Wine, Porn, $100 Lunches, $140 Dinners (June 26, 2013)
• House Report: IRS Deputy IT Director Steered $500 Million in Contracts to Pal (June 26, 2013)