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  • 'Ineffective Management' at IRS to Blame for Tea Party Targeting, Report Finds

    05/14/2013 4:10:30 PM PDT · by mandaladon · 35 replies
    ABC News ^ | 14 May 2013 | ABBY D. PHILLIP
    Ineffective management at the Internal Revenue Service led to certain groups being singled out for more than 18 months based on their names or mission statements, according to an Inspector General report obtained by ABC News. IRS officials told IG investigators that their actions were not influenced by any outside officials or agencies. The use of inappropriate criteria to screen applicants resulted in significant delays for groups applying for tax exempt status, and also allowed unnecessary requests for information, the report found. Among the criteria that IRS employees used to flag groups for extra scrutiny was having words like "tea...