1 – Willie Nelson for IRS Commissioner!
2 – Section 107 To Be Subject to Supreme Court Review?
3 – Rep. Chris Van Hollen: (c)(4)s Being Used to Funnel Undisclosed Monies into Political Election Campaigns
4 – Case Study on How Not to Set Compensation
Month: April 2014
EO Tax Journal 2014-86
1 – Sarah Hall Ingram to Retire
2 – Lois Lerner’s Attorney Seeks House Appearance before Contempt Vote
3 – Responses of Boehner, Cantor and Cummings
EO Tax Journal 2014-85
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – House Will Consider Contempt of Congress Resolution against Lois Lerner
3 – Living in Harmony with Nature and God Not Enough for (c)(3) Status (Denial 201417017)
EO Tax Journal 2014-84
1 – Hundreds Flock to Arlington, Virginia to Learn about EO Law (Part 2)
2 – Oversight Committee Probes Justice Department Role in IRS Targeting
EO Tax Journal 2014-83
1 – TE/GE Commissioner on New Form 1023-EZ
2 – Hundreds Flocking to Arlington, Virginia to Learn about EO Law
3 – Organization Helping Transfer Funds from Corporate Givers to Schools through Use of a Software Application Denied (c)(3) Exemption (Denial 201407014)
EO Tax Journal 2014-82
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – IRS Revokes Republican-Leaning Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty (Revocation 201416011)
EO Tax Journal 2014-81
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – Latest Batch of Released Emails
3 – Personal Sore Point in Latest Batch of Released Emails
4 – Cummings Provides Additional Response to Issa Allegations of Collusion with IRS
EO Tax Journal 2014-80
The EOTJ Mailbag
A – John Pomeranz on Chip Watkins’ Form 1023-EZ Discovery
B – Sandy Deja on Form 1023-EZ
C – Mark Weinberg on Fixing IRS Exempt Organizations
D – Marv Friedlander on Fixing IRS Exempt Organizations
E – Bill Brockner on Section 6110 Redactions
EO Tax Journal 2014-79
DC Bar Panel Discussed EO Division Reorganization
EO Tax Journal 2014-78
1 – IRS ‘Scandal’ Back in the News
2 – What Newly Released Docs Tell Us About the IRS and How It Handles Dark Money Groups
3 – Judicial Watch Obtains IRS Documents Showing Lerner in Contact with DOJ about Potential Prosecution of Tax-Exempt Groups
4 – The IRS Scandal’s Smoking Gun?
5 – Elijah Cummings under Increasing Fire from Conservative Media on IRS Role
EO Tax Journal 2014-77
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – Good Work if You Can Get It
3 – Treatment of U.S. Persons that Own Stock of PFICs Through Certain Exempt Organizations and Accounts (Notice 2014-28)
4 – Motto Game Conductor Fails ‘Commensurate Test’ (Revocation 201415003)
EO Tax Journal 2014-76
1 – Quote of the Week
2 – Did IRS Give Away the Store in a Recent PLR?
EO Tax Journal 2014-75
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – DC Bar Panel to Discuss EO Division Reorganization
3 – Most Application Cases To Stay in Cincinnati From Now On
4 – State-Chartered Credit Unions Get Good News, Bad News
5 – IRS ‘Scandal’ Discussed Yesterday on Fox News Sunday
6 – AP’s Julie Pace Blasted for Fox News Sunday Remark
7 – WSJ: IRS Scandal ‘Blown Wide Open’
8 – Cummings to Issa: Your Accusation Has ‘No Basis in Fact’
EO Tax Journal 2014-74
1 – Editor’s Notebook
2 – Camp’s Letter to Holder
3 – Oversight Committee Approves Lois Lerner Contempt of Congress Resolution
4 – Oversight Dems Release Minority Views Opposing Issa’s Contempt Resolution
5 – Issa Blocks Cummings Request To Release IRS Interview Transcripts
EO Tax Journal 2014-73
1 – No Love Lost Here
2 – Ways and Means Committee Refers Lois Lerner to Department of Justice for Criminal Prosecution
3 – Opening Statement of Ranking Member Sander Levin on Mark-up of Referral Letter to Attorney General Holder
4 – Oversight Committee Releases Lois Lerner Contempt Report
5 – New CRS Report Finds No Historical Precedent For Issa Contempt Proceeding
6 – New IRS E-mails: Lois Lerner Funneled Elijah Cummings Info on Targeted Conservative Group
EO Tax Journal 2014-72
1 – Lois Lerner in the Dock?
2 – New EO Division Director Gives Current Status Report
3 – IRS Finds Too Much Recreation, Too Little Religion (PLR 201414024)
EO Tax Journal 2014-71
1 – Quote of the Week
2 – The EOTJ Mailbag
3 – Grassley Seeks Update on Nonprofit Hospital Accountability Measures
4 – Camp Schedules Markup of Referral to Holder for Possible Criminal Prosecution of Lerner
5 – New Oversight Report Seeks to ‘Debunk Myth that Liberal Groups Were Targeted by IRS’
6 – Not So Fast, Says Cummings and Democrats
7 – Latest Easement Litigation Update
EO Tax Journal 2014-70
1 – Editor’s Notebook
2 – Revised Preliminary Agenda of May 9 Meeting of the EO Committee of the ABA’s Tax Section
3 – Issa Requests Cummings Disclose Relevant Information in Advance of Contempt Meeting to All Members
4 – The Challenge of Catch Me if You Can Cases (Denial 201414021)
EO Tax Journal 2014-69
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
A – What’s Wrong with a ‘Research’ Attorney?
B – EO Division Loses Its 990 Expert
2 – Whither the EO Division?
3 – Upcoming EO Tax Programs
A – 31st Annual Representing and Managing Tax-Exempt Organizations
B – Preliminary Agenda of May 9 Meeting of the EO Committee of the ABA’s Tax Section
4 – Federal Government Files Latest Brief in Clergy Housing Challenge
5 – Oversight Committee to Consider IRS Targeting Contempt Finding
6 – Cummings Responds to Scheduling of Contempt Vote
7 – Issa Takes Heat for Feeble Witch Hunt
8 – GOP Star Gowdy Cranks up Heat on IRS Freeze-out
EO Tax Journal 2014-68
1 – NPR Dares to Question TV Ministries, But Probably to No Effect
2 – IRS Commissioner Addresses EO Area
3 – The View from Texas (Interview of Nicola Fuentes Toubia)
EO Tax Journal 2014-67
1 – Editor’s Notebook
2 – IRS Targeting: Is the Obama Administration Conducting a Serious Investigation
3 – Denied (c)(3) Applicant Held (1) to Benefit a (c)(4), (2) Not Sufficiently Educational, and (3) an ‘Action’ Organization (PLR 201408030)
EO Tax Journal 2014-66
1 – ABA EO Committee to Meet May 9
2 – New IRS Press Policy
3 – IRS Customer Service Update
4 – Exclusive Interview with Amy Giuliano, Author of the Proposed (c)(4) Regs