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Watchdog cites poor management in U.S. IRS 'Tea Party' targeting
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - Poor management at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service played a major role in IRS agents subjecting conservative political groups' applications for tax-exempt status to extra scrutiny, said a report from a government...Tags: Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, Politics
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Outraged over IRS snooping scandal? Readers aren't
If the hand-wringing over revelations that the IRS gave additional scrutiny to "tea party" groups and other conservative organizations applying for tax-exempt status is as widespread as the coverage makes it seem, that anger hasn't spread to a place where...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, Elections, Republican Party, Mitch McConnell
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Take responsibility for Lehigh County tax increase
It's hard not to be disappointed in how Dean Browning is running his campaign for Lehigh County executive. His current effort to deny his responsibility for the 16 percent tax increase of 2010 — and to accuse his opponent Scott Ott of being...Tags: Elections, Emmaus, Politics, Don Cunningham
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IRS watchdog: Low-level workers reversed bid to fix Tea Party review
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - An Internal Revenue Service auditor said on Tuesday that a top Washington official, when she learned that agents were targeting conservative groups for extra scrutiny of their tax status, immediately changed the policy to...Tags: Taxation, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Employees, Labor Legislation
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Today's Buzz: Allen West for Lt. Gov?
Orlando Sentinel Editorial BoardThe lieutenant governor’s job in Florida has been open since Jennifer Carroll’s surprise resignation in March because of her prior work for an Internet café operator. Gov. Rick Scott said he would take his time filling the position, but told a...Tags: Government, Allen West, Regional Authority, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Politics
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Will Republicans let Obama have his scandal?
Republicans in Congress are so hungry for scalps, they just can't leave well enough alone. The scandal engulfing the Internal Revenue Service is a story that's playing to their benefit. On Monday, after having the weekend to think about it, Sen. Marco...Tags: Taxation, Susan Rice, Republican Party, Jay Carney, U.S. Department of State
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U.S. IRS agrees that some Tea Party targeting was 'inappropriate'
ReutersMay 14 (Reuters) - In response to a scathing report by a watchdog about its targeting of some conservative groups for extra scrutiny, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Tuesday that it agreed that "inappropriate shortcuts were used" to screen...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, Politics, Barack Obama
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FACTBOX-Major findings of watchdog report on IRS targeting
ReutersMay 14 (Reuters) - Ineffective management and bureaucratic confusion at the Internal Revenue Service fueled the agency's inappropriate targeting of conservative political groups for extra tax scrutiny, a government watchdog said on Tuesday. The report by...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, Politics
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New details -- good and bad -- from the IRS inspector general's report
A new report by the Internal Revenue Service's inspector general offered a few new details Tuesday about the scandal revolving around the IRS' treatment of "tea party" groups seeking tax-exempt status. Those details were in part damning and in part...
Tags: Taxation, Jack Lew, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Elections
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IRS scandal report: Poor management cited for targeting of conservatives
A government watchdog criticized the Internal Revenue Service today for singling out conservative groups for extra scrutiny and warned that the agency's actions made it appear that it was not politically impartial. Citing poor management and substantial...Tags: Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, Jay Carney, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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WRAPUP 1-FBI opens criminal probe of U.S. tax agency, audit cites disarray
Reuters* "Insufficient oversight" led to problems at IRS -report * Embattled acting IRS chief meets lawmakers * House tax panel is set to hold hearing on Friday By David Ingram and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric...Tags: Taxation, Republican Party, U.S. Department of Justice, Vern Buchanan, Jay Carney
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McConnell tells Obama 'no more stonewalling' in IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell called on President Barack Obama on Tuesday to make available for questioning everyone who knew about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups, and demanded "no more...Tags: Taxation, Republican Party, Washington, DC, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
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