Saturday, April 9, 2016
The IRS Scandal, Day 1066
Renew America, Most Dangerous Year for Free Speech in U.S. History:
President Obama loses his bully pulpit and billy club on January 20, 1017. That means he has less than nine months to destroy as much of the Constitution as he can, and "fundamentally transform" the United States into something the Founders would not recognize.
We've already seen what his IRS has done to squash the free speech of Tea Party groups, which probably gave him the 2012 election. Despite all the negative publicity and Lois Lerner's wretched invocation of the Fifth Amendment before Congress, the IRS continues to deny conservative groups at a prodigious clip and to leave other conservative groups twisting in the wind.
The IRS rejected a total of 67 tax-exempt status applications last year, and 57 of them were from religious groups. Another 5,681 applications were left in legal no-man's land, which has exactly the same effect as a flat-out denial.
Update: See the response by Professor Philip Hackney (LSU) in The IRS Scandal, Day 1067 that the Renew America article linked to above "contains incorrect information that appears to me to be a deliberate falsehood."
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1065 (Apr. 8, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1064 (Apr. 7, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1063 (Apr. 6, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1062 (Apr. 5, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1061 (Apr. 4, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1060 (Apr. 3, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1059 (Apr. 2, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1058 (Apr. 1, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1057 (Mar. 31, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1056 (Mar. 30, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1055 (Mar. 29, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1054 (Mar. 28, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1053 (Mar. 27, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1052 (Mar. 26, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1051 (Mar. 25, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1050 (Mar. 24, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1049 (Mar. 23, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1048 (Mar. 22, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1047 (Mar. 21, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1046 (Mar. 20, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1045 (Mar. 19, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1044 (Mar. 18, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1043 (Mar. 17, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1042 (Mar. 16, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1041 (Mar. 15, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1040 (Mar. 14, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1039 (Mar. 13, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1038 (Mar. 12, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1037 (Mar. 11, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1036 (Mar. 10, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1035 (Mar. 9, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1034 (Mat. 8, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1033 (Mar. 7, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1032 (Mar. 6, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1031 (Mar. 5, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1030 (Mar. 4, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1029 (Mar. 3, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1028 (Mar. 2, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1027 (Mar. 1, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1026 (Feb. 29, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1025 (Feb. 28, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1024 (Feb. 27, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1023 (Feb. 26, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1022 (Feb. 25, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1021 (Feb. 24, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1020 (Feb. 23, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1019 (Feb. 22, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1018 (Feb. 21, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1017 (Feb. 20, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1016 (Feb. 19, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1015 (Feb. 18, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1014 (Feb. 17, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1013 (Feb. 16, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1012 (Feb. 15, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1011 (Feb. 14, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1010 (Feb. 13, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1009 (Feb. 12, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1008 (Feb. 11, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1007 (Feb. 10, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1006 (Feb. 9, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1005 (Feb. 8, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1004 (Feb. 7, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1003 (Feb. 6, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1002 (Feb. 5, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1001 (Feb. 4, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 901-1000 (Oct. 27, 2015 - Feb. 3, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 801-900 (July 19, 2015 - Oct. 26, 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)
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2016/04/the-irs-scandal.html
Comments
Still shocked that the MSM won't touch this scandal that should bring down this administration with a ten foot pole. The corruption of the media continues apace.
Posted by: VoteOutIncumbents | Apr 10, 2016 5:05:07 AM
It is unfortunate that the IRS has not completed processing 5,681 tax exempt organization applications. The IRS also has well over 950,000 unanswered pieces of correspondence from taxpayers. Audit and prosecution rates are declining steadily. Last year only 38% of taxpayers were able to get through on the Service's telephone help lines. Since 2010, the IRS' budget has been cut a little over 16%. When you hear hoofbeats on Broadway, do you expect to see a zebra or a horse trotting down the street?
Posted by: Publius Novus | Apr 9, 2016 11:31:29 AM
Hmm, it looks like the illegal actions are ongoing, meaning they are happening because the President wants them to.
Posted by: Wodun | Apr 9, 2016 11:04:16 AM
Personally, I believe this is going on by design. Republicans and Democrats are afraid of the tea party so they're stretching this out as long as they can. None of these investigations has slowed the IRS down, from the look of things. If Republicans wanted this to stop, they would have impeached John Koskinen a long time ago, but they didn't. You have to ask why?
Posted by: bflat879 | Apr 9, 2016 9:27:03 AM
the last liine you quote is wrong. a denial can be appealed or other action can be taken such as changing from a c3 to a c4 and reapplying. an application in limbo cannot be appealed and changing an application under consideration is harder than just reapplying under a different section after a denial.
Posted by: max | Apr 9, 2016 9:21:59 AM
See Professor Hackney's post of April 10, debunking this "news" article.
Posted by: Publius Novus | Apr 10, 2016 2:44:45 PM