The Lacuna Project

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Agency

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • POL-5.12: TIGTA found that from early 2010 the IRS selected exemption applications by names and policy positions, and that every application with "Tea Party," "Patriots" or "9/12" in its name was processed as a potential political case. The criteria TIGTA reviewed also included "Progressive," Occupy, ACORN Successors and Emerge, and 6 of 20 applications with "progress" or "progressive" in the name (30 percent) were processed as potential political cases.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 889 14 May 2013. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration: Inappropriate Criteria Were Used to Identify Tax-Exempt Applications for Review (2013-10-053)
  • Exhibit 890 26 June 2013. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration: TIGTA letter to Rep. Sander Levin on the 'Progressives' BOLO entry
  • Exhibit 891 28 September 2017. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration: Review of Selected Criteria Used to Identify Tax-Exempt Applications for Review (2017-10-054)
  • Exhibit 892 28 September 2017. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration: TIGTA 2017-10-054, quotation of IRS July 2012 assessment of political leanings