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Shulman told the committee that the agency was not targeting conservative groups. [128] After Shulman denied that the IRS was unfairly targeting conservative groups, the congressional committee ended the 2012 phase of the investigation. [citation needed] Shulman resigned his post in late 2012, before the controversy came to light. [129]
Purported IRS targeting of conservative groups under President Barack Obama led to anti-IRS protests by the Tea Party. In May 2013, the IRS admitted it had subjected conservative political groups to closer scrutiny in their applications for tax-exempt status based on particular keywords in their names.
Linchpins of Liberty v. United States (1:13-cv-00777) is a case decided in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, in which the IRS agreed to a formal apology to all plaintiffs of the case. The IRS targeting groups based on a political viewpoint received widespread national attention. [1] [2]
Conservatives claimed the IRS targeted them, while a 2017 Treasury report on the controversy found that groups on both sides of the political spectrum had faced scrutiny.
Conservatives have long claimed the IRS targeted the tax-exempt status of political groups during the Obama administration, while a 2017 Treasury report on the controversy found that groups on ...
Administrative power over financial matters is a dangerous weapon for bypassing due process.
The resolution H.Res. 565, "Calling on Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., to appoint a special counsel to investigate the targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the Internal Revenue Service," was passed by the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. [1]
The IRS announcement has gone down well with certain parties. Congressman Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) shared his support on X (formerly Twitter): “The IRS is opening a historic crackdown on rich tax ...