IRS audits 10% of Tea Party donors

American Thinker ^ | 05/08/2014 | Rick Moran

[SeekAndFind]

When the IRS was targeting conservative groups seeking tax exempt status for special scrutiny, they demanded the list of donors supporting those groups in 17 cases. Despite assurances from the agency that the lists had been destroyed, a search requested by Congress revealed that at least 3 lists had survived. And of the donors on those lists, fully 10% of the individuals had been audited.

The rate of audits for ordinary Americans is about 1%.

Now, the House Ways and Means Oversight Committee is demanding that the Government AccoIRS intimidation on a whole other level.untability Office investigate the IRS to see why so many Tea Party donors were audited.

Washington Times:

“The committee uncovered new information indicating that after groups provided the information to the IRS, nearly one in 10 donors were subject to audit,” Rep. Charles W. Boustany Jr., Louisiana Republican and chairman of the Ways and Means Committee’s oversight panel, told IRS Commissioner John Koskinen at a hearing Wednesday.

“The abuse of discretion and audit selection must be identified and stopped,” he said.

[Rockitz]

True, 10% seems like a lot, but someone needs to figure out what the audit rate would be for the this demographic of income earners without respect to political affiliation. It’s possible that these donors are in such a tax bracket as to make them subject to a higher than average audit rate.

[Paladin2]

"It’s possible that these donors are in such a tax bracket as to make them subject to a higher than average audit rate."

Bloody unlikely.

[Rockitz]

See CutePuppy’s post for more detail.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3153501/posts?page=65#65

[Democrat_media]

This is tyranny. This is the crime of the century

Barack Obama is the boss of the IRS. Barack Obama is responsible for this political oppression of Americans. Impeach and imprison Barack Hussein Obama

tweet this to all, email , facebook , email to Levin , Rush

[Democrat_media]

what do you work for Obama or the IRS

this is tyranny

[Huskrrrr]

Lois would know, but she ain’t talking.

[MrB]

Basically, the stats are that you would be 10 times more likely to be audited if you had a tea party donation on your return.

[Black Agnes]

Actually the IRS is less likely to audit big income earners because they can afford tax lawyers to fight them. IRS likes to audit the middle class. They usually just pay up to avoid a long expensive fight.

[SgtHooper]

That’s what waterboarding is for!

[Democrat_media]

tea partiers are not millionaires or rich as you are implying . this is tyranny

also IRS denied conservative group formation at about a 500 to 1 ratio conservative to liberal group ratio. are those stats more to your liking or will you try to manipulate stats to defend the tyrannical IRS and Obama

[Vigilanteman]

How many freepers are old enough to remember when the enemedia raked Richard Nixon over the coals for allegedly using the IRS to harass his political enemies?

And here BO's flunkies have been caught doing it red-handed and all we hear is crickets?

[I want the USA back]

Proof that this corrupt administration is using the irs to enforce fascism.

[albie]

True, 10% seems like a lot, but someone needs to figure out”

...wishful thinking. Tea Party members are about as middle class and working class as they come. The average number of audits comes out to something like 0.7% of the tax paying population.

[Democrat_media]

Right the news media made those scurrilous allegations against Nixon that but no one was targeted by Nixon's IRS . However it's been proven that Obama’s IRS did harass Obama’s political rivals, namely conservative every day American citizens. The news media put the watergate hearings on 24/7 on all 3 networks. the news media drummed Nixon out of office . but now the news media hides Obama's IRS scandal from the public. it's all cause Nixon was a Republican and Obama is a democrat

[Rockitz]

Please try to remember this 10% refers to Tea Party DONORS not Tea Party MEMBERS. Presumably the DONORS are at a higher income level than MEMBERS, and thus are probably more likely to be audited.

[Democrat_media]

how could any one defend this tyranny from Obama and his IRS is beyond me. and on a conservative site too. seems like there are democrat moles here. not you but that one defending the IRS you responded to

[Democrat_media]

bs you have no proof of that

Washington times says that rate of audit is too high

you are just trying to cause confusion and defend Obama and the IRS tyranny

[Democrat_media]

The IRS asked tea party groups for list of donors . then they audit 10% of people on THOSE SPECIFIC lists. plus these are just grass roots groups . that is tyranny

bs you have no proof of what you state or their incomes

Washington times says that rate of audit is too high

you are just trying to cause confusion and defend Obama and the IRS tyranny

[treetopsandroofs]

“IRS audits 10% of Tea Party donors”

Leftist freaks will be self-righteously angry that the percentage is so low.