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Additional scrutiny of conservative organizations’ activities by the IRS did not solely originate in the agency’s Cincinnati office, with requests for information coming from other offices and often bearing the signatures of higher-ups at the agency... At least one letter requesting information about one of the groups bears the signature of Lois Lerner, the suspended director of the IRS Exempt Organizations department in Washington.
Jay Sekulow, an attorney representing 27 conservative political advocacy organizations... provided some of the letters to NBC News. He said the groups’ contacts with the IRS prove that the practices went beyond a few “front line” employees in the Cincinnati office, as the IRS has maintained.
After reviewing all the IRS communications... IRS was engaged in a coordinated and deliberate attempt to silence, or at least stifle conservative organizations...
'Decisions ... made in Washington'
“(The IRS agent in Cincinnati) told me that in fact the case would be transferred to a special task force out of Washington, and that he was told – he was the originally assigned agent – that he wasn't allowed to make decisions, the decisions were all going to be made in Washington... “I know that this process was going on in Washington because I've dealt with those people.”
Engelbrecht told NBC News that soon after she filed for tax-exempt status for True the Vote, the IRS audited her personal and business taxes for the first time, and her manufacturingbusiness was visited by two other federal agencies, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Her tax-exempt application still hasn't been approved after three years. She's now suing the IRS.
IRS higher-ups requested info on conservative groups, letters show - Open Channel
Nothing like having the IRS conduct themselves like the Gestapo; intimidate and marginalize their political opposition.
And some morons want an even larger IRS!
It's time to cut, gut and slash the beast, and the best way to do that is to reduce our taxation forms to beer mat size. This way the IRS will have ample time with the few remaining employees to address issues like tax exempt status... audits would take a fraction of the time... and there would be better accountability.