Posted on 05/28/2015 10:39:16 PM PDT by Nachum
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is paying a Washington law firm $1,000 an hour in taxpayer money to perform a corporate audit, despite its claim of being severely underfunded.
The IRS’ $2.2 million contract with big-money firm Quinn Emanuel has sparked a Senate Finance Committee investigation, with the committee’s chairman saying that the IRS “appears to violate federal law.”
Senate Finance Committee chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch wrote a letter this month to IRS commissioner John Koskinen stating his concerns relating to the contact, which pays Quinn Emanuel $1,000 an hour to perform an audit of Microsoft.
Hatch said that the contract appears to violate laws against the IRS sharing confidential taxpayer information with third parties. (RELATED: Lois Lerner Sent The White House Confidential Taxpayer Info).
“Despite these statutory prohibitions against the outsourcing of certain revenue functions or sharing of confidential taxpayer information, in May of last year the IRS hired a litigation law firm to assist in the income tax audit and investigation of a corporate taxpayer, including the conduct of sworn interviews,” Hatch’s letter stated.
“The IRS’s hiring of a private contractor to conduct an examination of a taxpayer raises concerns because the action: 1) appears to violate federal law and the express will of the Congress; 2) removes taxpayer protections by allowing the performance of inherently governmental functions by private contractors; and 3) calls into question the IRS’s use of its limited resources.”
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I thought federal law didn’t apply to the IRS.
susan estrich is a partner in that firm.
I hope they are depositing these sums correctly in their bank accounts! No under 10K deposits or DING DING you are a criminal!
Whooa!!
The IRS, made up of lawyers and accountants, hires a private law firm to audit a private corporation??? And then alters current law so this private law firm can have the power and authority of the IRS.
This is beyond wrong on so many levels. If this stands (which it will) and no individuals are prosucuted (which won’t happen) the republic is dead. Elections have consequences and now you see what a “landslide” victory gets you.........
And when the IRS comes after them, it will keep half the assets seized.
Silly, the king can’t break the law!
Quinn Emmanuel? Who is the “Emmanuel” in the firm? One of the Clinton cronies? Look for a big donation from Quinn Emmanuel to the Clinton Crime Family Slush Fund to slide under the table.
btt
Is it time to start burning down their buildings yet?
So, American Taxpayers!
How much abuse are you willing to take?
FairTax ABOLISHES this Jack-booted agency!
Go to https://www.fairtax.org to find out how to help us toss the IRC and the IRS on the ash heap of History!
It is a FReedom issue!
Ted Cruz: End the IRS
What is this ‘might have,’ White Man?
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