Posted on 09/01/2006 2:02:03 PM PDT by Dubya
WASHINGTON - Nearly two years after a controversial decision to investigate the NAACP for criticizing President Bush during the 2004 presidential campaign, the Internal Revenue Service has ruled that the remarks did not violate the group's tax-exempt status.
In a letter released Thursday by the NAACP, the IRS said the group, the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization, "continued to qualify" as tax-exempt.
Federal law requires tax-exempt nonprofit organizations to be politically nonpartisan.
"It was an enormous threat," NAACP Chairman Julian Bond said of the investigation. The opposite outcome, he said, "would have reduced our income remarkably."
Bond reiterated his belief that the investigation was politically motivated. He said the decision "meant that they thought they had harassed us enough and they could stop."
In a response to lawmakers who expressed outrage over the investigation in 2004, IRS Commissioner Mark Everson said the agency's examinations are based on tax law, not partisanship.
Income they use for political purposes. :P
Funny, the article never once mentions what the acronym NAACP stands for. The organization's own title includes a reference to a word they would condemn any white Republican for using.
More bullshit.
BULL HOCKEY!
I guess that'll put an end to all the chatter about taking away churches tax exempt status, right? Right?!
So glad to know all those colored people in that organization can breathe easier.
Another chicken crap decision. Gutless clowns.
Bush had Gonzales to cut a deal. Gordon invited Bush to their convention, and was cordially received, thus giving them some credibility, and Bush agreed to back off. Cloakroom politics, nothing more.
In a related story, the NAACP and Julian Bond are morally bankrupt.
No, the decision to not tax your bigoted organization was politically motivated.
I was waiting for the IRS to investigate the AARP, but after this ruling, I say why bother.
You mean if they would have done the correct thing and pulled their tax exemption due to their support of the DNC, the black vote would go from 90% Democrat voters to 95% Democrat voters?
(except in Philadelphia, where 105% of the registered voters vote Democrat).
I was thinking more like demonstrations and claims of racism on a government scale. I do not believe that their members would keep quiet about that. Just look how much controversy surrounds any minor issue like Cynthia McKinney, where there was clearly no racism involved, but her claims of prejudice, kept her from any charges.
So all I need to do is invite Bush to a party and be cordual to him and I'll avoid an audit? That has got to be the more ignorant line of reasoning I've ever heard! The IRS doesn't want to be labeled racist so they always turn a blind eye on anything Negro related, be it an organization or a church, period!
"In a response to lawmakers who expressed outrage over the investigation in 2004, IRS Commissioner Mark Everson said the agency's examinations are based on tax law, not partisanship."
tell that to all the clinton critics who were audited.
off-topic, has the irs looked into jesse jackson's rainbow shakedown group?
Talk about dealing from the bottom of the deck..........
"a blind eye on anything Negro related"
Stevie Wonder?
I wonder what the difference is between the Christian Coalition, which is not tax exempt, and the NAACP?
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