It’s been a rough week for the IRS. On Monday it was revealed that during the last tax season, the IRS phone system hung up on 8.8 million callers looking for help with their taxes, a massive increase from the half a million hangups that were experienced the year before. The IRS is also being criticized for levying outrageous fines on businesses that reimburse their employees for health insurance; fines that are 12 times higher than the statutory limit written in the Affordable Care Act.
But the latest news on a long running IRS scandal takes the cake. Judicial Watch announced earlier this week, that they had obtained documentsthat prove the IRS used donor lists of tax exempt organizations to target them with audits. These were largely conservative organizations opposed to the Obama administration. The IRS attempted to issue a “gift tax” of 35% on some of these donors, despite the fact that a gift tax on donations was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and hasn’t been used since 1982.
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Recently I was on hold for 45 minutes waiting to speak to an IRS agent. After patiently explaining my question 3 times, the agent hung up the phone. Why do they get away with this??
ReplyDeleteCommies hate conservatives, always have, always will.
ReplyDeleteThe IRS did this under orders. It's not something that they thought up themselves and acted upon independently. Follow the chain of command.
ReplyDeleteLois Lerner is still being paid with our tax dollars
ReplyDeleteAnd the POS POTUS said last week that the real tragedy is that IRS is underfunded