OMB Watch - Questions Raised About IRS Enforcement Program

OMB Watch - Questions Raised About IRS Enforcement Program: "Questions Raised About IRS Enforcement Program

Complaints filed by two nonprofits illustrate the potential for abuse inherent in the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) reliance on referrals from the public for leads in its enforcement programs. On March 14, a complaint filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) against Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) and Americans for Tax Reform Foundation (ATRF), alleged activities that 'may violate IRS regulations and require a revocation of their tax-exempt status.' The next day ATR filed a counter-complaint with the IRS against CREW, alleging that CREW, a 501(c)(3) organization, engages in prohibited partisan activity because the majority of its ethics complaints have been filed against Republicans."