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Please tell me that the Dems are as outraged as everyone else about the IRS Scandal?
Did you see that Congressman attack the chief IRS guy, Miller? He was right !!!! I submit.
"What kind of political signs to you put up in your yard?...This is a question by the IRS?" And....
"You can basically put anyone you want out of business that you want, and I received no answers from you today." WHERE is the outrage ? Is this BUSH's fault as well???
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- Mujer AltaLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
When a group is applying for a 501(c)4 tax exemption, asking about their political activities is a perfectly good question because political groups have no tax exemptions. Why would the question be "....in your yard?" Individuals can't get 501(c)4 exemptions. When an IRS office is flooded with hundreds of non-profit applications by groups that seem to be affiliated, the red flags are going to go up. From what I've read, nothing really out of the ordinary was done to the Tea Party groups that wouldn't have been done to any other large number of groups with the word "party" in their name, with financial affiliation to the political right wing and with no obvious social service mission.
Source(s): I belonged to a foundation formed to operate a school and provide job training for high school drop outs. Getting 501(c)4 status wasn't easy for us - or for any other non-profit. There's a lot of paperwork and a lot of questions. The IRS has gotten a tad slip-shod in recent years letting many groups through the non-profit door that shouldn't be let in.
