Current News and Developments Focus on Congress The EOTJ Mailbag

EO Tax Journal 2014-129

1 – Bill Brockner, Requiescat in Pace

2 – Quote of the Week

3 – The EOTJ Mailbag

A – To Refer or Not – ‘GOP Senator Targeted by Lerner’

B – Johnnie McKeiver Walters, 1919-2014

4 – Interviews with House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa and Lois Lerner’s Attorney

5 – Red Cross: How We Spent Sandy Money Is a ‘Trade Secret’

Current News and Developments Focus on Congress PLRs, TAMs, and Denial Letters

EO Tax Journal 2014-127

1 – Corrections

2 – Political Group Denied by IRS Has Been Identified – And It’s Not a Tea Party

3 – Today’s EO Issues Pale in Comparison to 50 Years Ago (Milt Cerny)

4 – Revealed: GOP Senator Targeted by Lerner

5 – Archivist of the United States: IRS ‘Did Not Follow the Law’ in Failing to Report Lerner Email Loss

6 – Oversight Democrats Condemn ‘Unwarranted and Abusive’ Subpoena to White House Attorney on Lerner Emails

7 – IRS Admits Wrongdoing in Release of the NOM’s Confidential Tax Return and Donor List; Agrees to Pay $50,000 in Settlement of Lawsuit

8 – Camp: DOJ’s Refusal to Act in NOM Case, Despite IRS Settlement, is Another Reason Independent Prosecutor is Needed

9 – Applicant Denied (c)(6) Status for Promoting a Particular Brand and for Not Improving Business Conditions of an Industry as a Whole (Denial 201425014)

Current News and Developments Editor's Notebook Focus on Congress The EOTJ Mailbag

EO Tax Journal 2014-126

1 – Quote of the Week

2 – Yesterday’s House Oversight Committee Hearing

3 – The EOTJ Mailbag (Mark Scott)

4 – Lois Lerner in North Carolina (Marty Martin)

5 – My Comments on IRS ‘Secret Meetings’

6 – Archivist of the US on NARA’s Email Retention Policy

7 – Cause of Action’s Files FOIA Request re Targeting of Conservative Groups

8 – Gardner Championed Obvious Dark-Money Group in IRS Probe

Current News and Developments Focus on Congress Focus on IRS and Treasury The EOTJ Mailbag

EO Tax Journal 2014-125

1 – The EOTJ Mailbag

2 – House Oversight Committee Republicans Slam Koskinen, as Expected

3 – Pre-Hearing Comments of Issa on Fox News Monday

4 – Cummings Issues Statement on Unilateral Issa Subpoena to White House Attorney

5 – Still No Hard Evidence of White House Involvement

6 – Commissioner Koskinen’s Written Testimony

7 – IRS ‘Grand Conspiracy against the Right’ Doesn’t Exist

Focus on Congress Focus on IRS and Treasury

EO Tax Journal 2014-124

1 – Second Beheading at 7 pm Today

2 – Summary of Friday’s Beheading

3 – Koskinen: Problems to be Expected with IRS’s ‘Aging Information Technology Infrastructure’

4 – Dave Camp’s Opening Statement at Friday’s Hearing with Koskinen

5 – Opening Statement of Ranking Member Sander Levin

6 – Sam Johnson Slams the IRS: Bogus Claim for Loss of Emails

7 – Tom Price: IRS is Adding Insult to Injury

8 – Tim Griffin: IRS Commissioner’s Answers “Incomplete” and “Unacceptable”

9 – Pat Roberts Calls for Independent Counsel to Uncover the Truth about the IRS Scandal

10 – Actually Mr. Chairman, There’s No Indication that Nicole Flax’s Emails Are Missing

Focus on Congress Focus on Courts Focus on IRS and Treasury

EO Tax Journal 2014-123

1 – Beheading at 9 am Today

2 – Priority Guidance Recommendations by ABA Tax Section of Interest to EO Tax Practitioners

3 – Issa: Emails of a Prominent Official Don’t Just Disappear Unless That Was the Intention

4 – Hatch Demands Answers of IRS on Senate Floor

5 – Charities Project Co-Hosts Conference on Conservation Easements, Burgeoning Area of Interest for State and Federal Regulations

6 – Is Scheidelman’s Unsuccessful Journey through Courts Over?

Focus on Congress Focus on IRS and Treasury The EOTJ Mailbag Transcripts (Other)

EO Tax Journal 2014-121

1 – The EOTJ Mailbag

2 – Camp Announces Hearing with IRS Commissioner John Koskinen

3 – Camp: IRS Kept Secret for Months, More than Just Lerner Emails Lost

4 – Hatch ‘Greatly Disturbed’ by Lost Emails

5 – McConnell Questions ‘Lost’ IRS Scandal Emails

6 – Levin: Every Equipment Failure Is Not a Conspiracy

7 – How to Improve IRS Administration of the EO Tax Laws (Part 2)

Current News and Developments Focus on Congress Focus on IRS and Treasury

EO Tax Journal 2014-119

1 – Clarification and Announcement

2 – Statements of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and FBI Director James Comey on IRS Investigation

3 – Conservative Media Suspect Rose Mary Woods Now Working for IRS

4 – IRS Statement on Production of Emails to Congress

5 – Republicans Express Outrage over Lost Emails