We are deep into
income tax time, a time of year when most Americans have ill feelings toward
the Internal Revenue Service. Our
feelings toward the IRS were not helped by the discovery of a scandal at the
IRS - and the Obama administration’s response to it. Now Speaker of the House Paul Ryan claims the
Republican majority in Congress has brought the IRS under control. We can only hope!
“There is now a codified
Taxpayer Bill of Rights hanging at every IRS building across the country. Because of the actions we’ve taken, agency
employees like Lois Lerner can no longer use their personal email addresses for
official business. Organizations can
self-declare their tax-exempt status, and if the IRS rescinds their status,
they have the right to appeal.
“As a result of our legislation,
if the IRS compromises an organization’s confidential information, it can learn
exactly what happened and who is responsible.
And finally, political targeting is now a firing offense.
“This is the difference a
Republican majority has made, but we still have much more to do.”
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