Paul Streckfus, Editor
1 – Newest IRS ‘Scandal’ ?
2 – Issa and Jordan Seek IG Investigation of New IRS Targeting Allegations
3 – Cummings to Issa: No Evidence that IRS Targeted Conservative Groups for Audits
4 – Conservative Activist Reviews IRS Scandal and Recommends Next Steps
1 – Latest IRS ‘Scandal’ Developments
2 – Conservatives ‘Won’ the Phony IRS Scandal. And Democrats Helped Them.
3 – ABA Comments on ACOs
EO Court Cases – Recent Developments
1 – Camp, Issa Inquire Into Status of Employees Connected with IRS Targeting
2 – Fall Educational Opportunities
A – ABA’s EO Committee to Meet September 20 In San Francisco
B – NAAG/NASCO Annual Conference To Be Held October 7
C – ALI CLE to Present Advanced EO Course Program (November 14-15)
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – Camp, Levin Press IRS on Lack of Production on Targeting Documents
3 – Miller, Grant, Lerner, Paz, now Wilkins?
4 – Noonan: A Bombshell in the IRS Scandal
5 – William Wilkins: The G. Gordon Liddy of the IRS scandal?
6 – Was IRS Chief Counsel William Wilkins Involved in the Scandal?
7 – Lew: Political Appointee Not Involved in IRS Tea Party Targeting
8 – Read and Weep — Tomorrow’s IRS Will Probably Be Worse than Today’s IRS
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – Latest ACT Report — Victim of “IRS Scandal”?
3 – Private Letter Rulings of Mild Interest
4 – IRS Releases FAQ on Governance (Part VI of Form 990)
5 – IRS Releases FAQ on Related Organizations (Schedule R)
1 – Fallout from Chip Hull’s Testimony – Part 2
2 – Connie Rosenberg’s Letter to the Washington Post
3 – IRS Scrutinized Some Liberal Groups
4 – IRS Releases FAQ on Compensation Reporting
1 – Fallout from Chip Hull’s Testimony
2 – IRS ‘Rogue Agents’ Draw Bipartisan Praise at Scandal Hearing
3 – Quote of the Week
4 – Nevada Congresswoman Asks for Probe of Worst Charities
5 – AICPA Concerned about Disclosure of Information Not Intended for Public
6 – IRS Releases FAQ about Public Disclosure Requirements
1 – They Came, They Saw, They Wasted Six Hours
2 – Issa: IRS Tea Party Trail Leads to DC
3 – USA Today: IRS Scandal Starts to Lose Luster
4 – Rep. Cummings’ Opening Statement at Hearing on “The IRS’s Systematic Delay and Scrutiny of Tea Party Applications”
5 – Written Testimony of IRS Employee Elizabeth Hofacre
6 – Written Testimony of IRS Employee Carter Hull
7 – Written Statement of Treasury Inspector General J. Russell George
8 – Levin: IRS Inspector General Cannot Deflect Blame for Omissions in Flawed Audit
9 – Will Today’s Hearing Bring Us Closer to Closure?
1 – House Republicans Discover New ‘Villains’ (or Resuscitate Old Ones) in IRS Scandal
2 – Testimony: IRS Chief Counsel’s Office Demanded Information on 2010 Election Activity of Tea Party Applicants
3 – Cummings Sends Letter Urging Issa to Stop Cherry-Picking Evidence in IRS Investigation
4 – ACLJ Rejects Obama Administration’s “Expedited Review” for Conservative Groups Unlawfully Targeted by IRS
1 – Correction
2 – Official Witness List for Thursday’s Hearing
3 – Excerpts from News Release from Rep. Elijah Cummings, Ranking Member, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, July 16, 2013
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
3 – Endangered Species
A – How Long is Too Long to Wait? (PLR 201325018)
B – Service Requirements Allowed under Scholarship Program (PLR 201328020)
C – Excessive Redactions Make Ruling Meaningless (PLR 201328035)
1 – Cummings Asks Issa to Recall IG for Testimony at Upcoming IRS Hearing
2 – Levin: New IRS Information Underscores Fundamental Flaws in IG Audit
3 – Senator Coburn: “The IRS is failing to ensure charitable groups fully comply with the law, or even meet the minimum standards for receiving such preferential tax status.”
4 – Iowa Congressman Questions IRS on Reported Release of 100,000 Americans; Social Security Numbers
1 – Life Will Never Be the Same Again – Part 1
2 – Life Will Never Be the Same Again – Part 2
3 – ABA Tax Section’s EO Guidance Recommendations
4 – IRS Notified of SSNs on Forms Filed by 527 Organizations
5 – Close, But No Cigar? (Denial 201327014)
1 – Oversight Committee Announces Next IRS Targeting Hearing
2 – CREW Complaint Drawing Fire
3 – Critics Question IRS’ ‘Fast-Track’ Pathway to Tax-Exempt Status
4 – California Bar Proposal Looks at Section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) and 509(a)(2) Requirements
1 – Will Obama Apologize to Miller, Grant, and Lerner?
A – How the Media Outrageously Blew the IRS Scandal
2 – House Appropriators Slash IRS Budget in Wake of Scandal
3 – Attorney James Bopp Subject of CREW Complaint to IRS
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – Nine News Organizations Get (c)(3) Exemption
3 – Conservative Media Sees Evidence of Lying and Wrongdoing
A – The IRS Scandal’s Inconvenient Facts
B – Congressman: IRS Scandal Will Widen to Leaks
C – In Two States, Conservatives Sought More Tax Exemptions
4 – Celia Roady Responds to Senator Grassley’s Inquiries
5 – American Hospital Association Critical of Section 501(r) Proposed Regs
1 – How Did It All Go So Wrong – Part 3
2 – Latest Developments
A – IRS Scrutiny Went Beyond the Political
B – IRS ‘BOLOs’ Raise New Questions about Political Targeting Uproar
C – Lois Lerner’s Price for Testimony: Immunity
D – IRS’s Lerner Will Testify if Granted Immunity
E – Dark Money Group Spent on House Race, Then Told IRS It Didn’t
F – Groups Targeted in Ohio Spin Web of Connections
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
A – Critique of New Self-Certification Process
2 – Fourth of July Reading
3 – Third Denial in Three Months — Is the IRS Targeting Polygamists?
1 – Quote of the Week
2 – EO Litigation Developments
A – Petition in Nat’l Endowment Ass’n v. Commissioner
B – Tax Court’s Second Opinion in Belk v. Commissioner
C – Organization Gets Break in Tax Court, Escapes UBIT Deficiency of $121,581
1 – Friday’s Developments
A – Democrats Accuse Darrell Issa of McCarthyism During Panel Vote on Lerner
B – The IRS’s Lois Lerner Is Still the Villain in Darrell Issa’s Frustrating Super-Scandal
2 – Oversight Committee: Lerner Waived Her 5th Amendment Right
A – Resolution of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
B – Opening Statement of Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
3 – Use of Watch Lists Suspended by IRS
4 – Guidance Released for Optional Expedited Process for Certain (c)(4) Applicants
5 – D.C. Circuit Affirms Denial of Family Trust of Massachusetts, Finding Commercial Purposes Outweighed Charitable Purposes