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Making Sure Targeting Never Happens: Getting Politics Out of the IRS and Other Solutions
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Abstract
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform continues their examination of the IRS and their targeting of conservative tax-exempt applicants. The committee has reviewed approximately 800,000 pages of documents produced by the IRS, the Treasury Department, the Justice Department, the Federal Election Commission, the IRS Oversight Board, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, and other custodians. They have also transcribed over 35 IRS employees. The report examines how the Supreme Court's Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision led to the IRS scrutinizing and delaying tax-exempt applications filed by conservative groups. The report states that congress must disentangle politics from the IRS. They propose several reforms and remodel the IRS to improve internal controls and oversight.
Date
2014-07-29
Document Type
House Majority Staff Report
Serial Number
Document Length
23 pages
Congress
113
Relation
DOI
Keywords
Staff Reports, House, Republican
PAP Major Code
20: Government Operations
PAP Minor Code
2009: IRS Administration
Related Hearings
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on "The Administration's Proposed Restrictions on Political Speech: Doubling Down on IRS Targeting," 113th Cong., H.Hrg. 113-93, (2014, February 27)
• House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on "Internal Revenue Service Operations and the 2012 Tax Return Filing Season," 112th Cong., H.Hrg. 112-OS10, (2012, March 22)
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on "IRS Obstruction: Lois Lerner's Missing Emails, Part II," 113th Cong., H.Hrg. 113-127, (2014, June 24)
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on "The IRS: Targeting Americans for Their Political Beliefs," 113th Cong., H.Hrg. 113-33, (2013, May 22)
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on "IRS: Enforcing ObamaCare's New Rules and Taxes," 112th Cong., H.Hrg. 112-187, (2012, August 2)
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on "Preventing Violations of Federal Transparency Laws," 113th Cong., H.Hrg. 113-64, (2013, September 10)
• House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on "Internal Revenue Service Operations and the 2012 Tax Return Filing Season," 112th Cong., H.Hrg. 112-OS10, (2012, March 22)
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on "IRS Obstruction: Lois Lerner's Missing Emails, Part II," 113th Cong., H.Hrg. 113-127, (2014, June 24)
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on "The IRS: Targeting Americans for Their Political Beliefs," 113th Cong., H.Hrg. 113-33, (2013, May 22)
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on "IRS: Enforcing ObamaCare's New Rules and Taxes," 112th Cong., H.Hrg. 112-187, (2012, August 2)
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on "Preventing Violations of Federal Transparency Laws," 113th Cong., H.Hrg. 113-64, (2013, September 10)
Press Releases and Contextual Information
https://web.archive.org/web/20230614214932/https://oversight.house.gov/release/oversight-report-proposes-solutions-get-politics-irs-ensure-targeting-never-happens/