Posts Tagged ‘IRS’
Lois Lerner email scandal update
A few days have passed since my original post on the subject, and since then there are reports the emails from six more employees are missing. Let’s recap shall we?
Read MoreComputer crash update – IRS letter to Congress re: Lerner emails
An important update to yesterday’s post on the Lois Lerner email situation. The full letter sent to the chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Finance who requested documents and emails from the IRS concerning the application process for tax exempt organizations is now available. PLEASE read this post and share it with everyone…
Read MoreThe “IRS lost Lois Lerner’s emails” story
The “Friday-at-5” IRS letter released by the House Ways and Means Committee indicated many of Lois Lerner’s emails between Jan. 2009 and April 2011 were lost due to a computer glitch. Of course, the lost emails were the ones sent and received from the White House, DOJ, FEC and many Democrats. Isn’t that convenient…
Read MoreIRS corruption: New Lerner emails and a scandal overview
The IRS is supposed to simply implement the tax law as written and of course investigate while enforcing the tax code. Similar to law enforcement activity, the IRS can’t just change the ‘probable cause’ rules of investigation on a case-by-case basis. The IRS – at the highest level – outright targeted TEA Party groups because…
Read MoreSay what, Mr. President?
Today, the President honored the undefeated 1972 football Dolphins in the White House.
Read MoreCan we please audit the IRS?
There is a short opinion piece in the Washington Times today about the IRS. It’s not just about the agency targeting conservative groups for scrutiny after applying for tax-exempt status, it’s about the systemic problems at the bloated federal agency charged with implementing the most complex tax code imaginable.
Read MoreIRS sends $46 million in refunds to 24,000 at one address
And this is the organization that will be in charge of the Obamacare mandates. Remember the Inspector General audit pointing out the targeting of TEA Party groups when it came to IRS tax-exempt approvals? We also have another audit – again published last summer and not released to the media prior to the election –…
Read MoreIRS extravagance: What difference at this point does it make?
I’ve been fighting – what seems to be an ever-long battle – to limit the scope of the federal government to Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The state and commonwealth governments have the power – as determined by their state legislatures – to provide funding and support for all sorts of programs if the…
Read MoreIRS simply withholding information and lying to Congress
On June 2, I wrote about the IRS conferences being held between 2010 and 2012. During that period, the inspector general’s report indicated the agency spent upwards of $50 million on conferences. About a year ago, then Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner – or someone answering his mail – outright lied and claimed the department had only spent $500,000…
Read MoreIRS managers and employees living large at government conferences
Public service once meant something quite a bit different than it does today. Sure, the benefits have been very good to great for government employees for decades, but the reports we hear from agencies like the GSA and IRS sound like parties from the Internet tech boom of the 1990s.
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