Today my Senator, Rob Portman, spoke out and asked if anyone has been “disciplined/fired” at the IRS. Once again a rush to judgement before anyone knows the facts. IRS has been consistently underfunded, there was a rush of applications following Citizens United, many with improper/suspect/confusing information. It apears the reviewers involved used an unfortunate and inappropriate shorthand to judge these applications. Discipline before investigation is just as inappropriate. The IG’s report was an audit, not an investigation, so there are no charges to be applied at this time.
Today my Senator, Rob Portman, spoke out and asked if anyone has been “disciplined/fired” at the IRS. Once again a rush to judgement before anyone knows the facts. IRS has been consistently underfunded, there was a rush of applications following Citizens United, many with improper/suspect/confusing information. It apears the reviewers involved used an unfortunate and inappropriate shorthand to judge these applications. Discipline before investigation is just as inappropriate. The IG’s report was an audit, not an investigation, so there are no charges to be applied at this time.