IRS began 'in early 2010' to target groups, 160 apps. still open, some for more than 3 yrs., 2 election cycles-Inspector General report

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May 14, 2013, "TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION," US Dept. of Treasury

"Inappropriate Criteria Were Used to Identify Tax-Exempt Applications for Review" 54 pages

-"Inappropriate" IRS actions began in early 2010

-"No work was completed on the majority of these applications for 13 months."

-As of Dec, 17, 2012, 160 applications were still open, "some for more than 3 years and crossing two election cycles."

-IG says IRS still has not implemented procedures to stop this abuse (see below).

From page 1 of Memorandum from IG:

"The (IRS mgmt.) response states that our report views approvals as evidence that the Exempt Organizations function should not have looked closely at those applications. We disagree with this statement. Our objection was to the criteria used to identify these applications for review. We believe all applications should be reviewed prior to approval to determine whether tax-exempt status should be granted. The IRS’s response also states that issues discussed in the report have been resolved. We disagree with this statement as well. Nine recommendations were made to correct concerns we raised in the report, and corrective actions have not been fully implemented. Further, as our report notes, a substantial number of applications have been under review, some for more than three years and through two election cycles, and remain open. Until these cases are closed by the IRS and our recommendations are fully implemented, we do not consider the concerns in this report to be resolved."...via Mark Levin twitter
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