The IRS Scandal, Day 816

Forbes:  Watchdog Finds Deficient IRS Controls Leave Room For Targeting, by Robert W. Wood:

Should you be audited based on your religion? Your political beliefs? How about which charities you support? Plainly, the answer to all these questions is no. Yet there are still questions how our tax system measures up, especially when it comes to the still-in-the-news topic of exempt organization targeting. In his recent appearance on The Daily Show, President Obama still denies any targeting.

For more than two years, we have seen a long list of excuses with no one taking responsibility. There was no targeting, we were told. Well, if there was, it was organic, like that spontaneous demonstration from an internet video in Benghazi. Any targeting was not directed, it was those rogue IRS employees in Cincinnati who did it entirely on their own.

Besides, emails show there was no directive about targeting. Sorry, it turns out some of our emails are missing. Hey, hard drives crash. We recycle them too. Liberals got targeted too. There’s no smidgen of corruption. Cash bonuses? Those are unrelated. And the latest in the long line of excuses: it was all the Republicans’ fault.

Actually it turns out that the U.S. Government Accountability Office–the GAO–reports that the part of the IRS that reviews tax exemptions is really at risk for targeting activities. The GAO is an independent, nonpartisan agency working for Congress, often called the congressional watchdog. The GAO, headed by the Comptroller General of the United States, investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars.

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• The IRS Scandal, Day 814 (Aug. 1, 2015)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 813 (July 31, 2015)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 812 (July 30, 2015)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 811 (July 29, 2015)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 810 (July 28, 2015)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 809 (July 27, 2015)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 808 (July 26, 2015)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 807 (July 25, 2015)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 806 (July 24, 2015)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 805 (July 23, 2015)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 804 (July 22, 2015)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 803 (July 21, 2015)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 802 (July 20, 2015)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 801 (July 19, 2015)
• The IRS Scandal, Days 701-800 (April 10, 2015 - July 18, 2015)
• The IRS Scandal, Days 601-700 (Dec. 31, 2014 - April 9, 2015)
• The IRS Scandal, Days 501-600 (Sept. 22, 2014-Dec. 30, 2014)
• The IRS Scandal, Days 401-500 (June 14, 2014 - Sept. 21,2014)
• The IRS Scandal, Days 301-400 (Mar. 6, 2014 - June 13, 2014)
• The IRS Scandal, Days 201-300 (Nov. 26, 2013 - Mar. 5, 2014)
• The IRS Scandal, Days 101-200 (Aug. 18, 2013 - Nov. 25, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Days 1-100 (May 10, 2013 - Aug. 17, 2013)