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Years of NRA tax filings are loaded with apparent falsehoods
New York Post ^ | January 3, 2016 | Isabel Vincent and Melissa Klein

Posted on 01/03/2016 4:48:57 AM PST by Labyrinthos

The National Rifle Association doesnt shoot straight when it comes to documenting its lobbying and political activities, filing tax forms for years that were littered with information gaps and apparent falsehoods, a Post review of the filings found...

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; nra
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To: uncbob

They (government) can’t get them using the Law so they help NYP, NYT et al to try them in the court of public opinion.


21 posted on 01/03/2016 6:09:43 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Labyrinthos

The power to tax is the power to destroy.


22 posted on 01/03/2016 6:22:54 AM PST by IronJack
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To: Labyrinthos

Therefore, we should ban guns.


23 posted on 01/03/2016 6:57:00 AM PST by Henry Hnyellar
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To: Labyrinthos
Who cares?

The IRS is criminals.

24 posted on 01/03/2016 6:59:09 AM PST by kiryandil ("When Muslims in the White House are outlawed, only Barack Obama will be an outlaw")
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To: uncbob
I am sure the NRA has been audited going back to Clinton and if there was a problem the IRS would have been all over them.

I cannot believe that a high profile, polarizing organization like the NRA would cut corners with the IRS.

25 posted on 01/03/2016 7:18:35 AM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: Labyrinthos
Lawfare on the part of the left is nothing new. The press as a pet tool of the left is nothing new (they are indistinguishable). The mendacity of the President's party is nothing new.

Remember that when you vote.

26 posted on 01/03/2016 7:25:16 AM PST by colderwater
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To: dirtboy

If anything comes of this it would be another instance of the grotesque selective prosecution by Obama to destroy his political enemies.

Where is the FBI on the Clinton emails, and one of the greatest cyber risks in our nation’s history. Where is the law?

Loretta Lynch will go down in history as a lousy hack if she bows to Obama’s wishes to ignore Hillary’s violation of our nation’s laws.


27 posted on 01/03/2016 7:35:46 AM PST by Titus-Maximus (It doesn't matter who votes for whom, it only matters who counts the votes - Joe Stalin)
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To: Labyrinthos

The NRA (member services) and NRA-ILA (lobbying) are two separate organizations.


28 posted on 01/03/2016 7:36:11 AM PST by jim_trent
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To: ClearCase_guy

Understanding Joe Stack more and more.


29 posted on 01/03/2016 7:44:23 AM PST by datricker (Don't be a chump vote Trump)
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To: Gaffer

An enrolled agent told me he gets paid to work in the grey areas. A wage earner usually has pretty cut & dried taxes - a W2, some interest income, maybe a mutual fund. A business does not live in a cut & dried world. There are a lot of areas open to interpretation, and a good tax professional will interpret things in favor of his client.

That is NOT cheating. Cheating is refusing to report something. But when the IRS rules cannot define “Is it A or B?”, then it is right for a tax preparer to decide A or B based on what works best for his client. It is not the fault of the business or the preparer if the IRS has does not have clear rules.

If all you have is a W2, then anyone can tell you precisely how much tax you owe. But in a business, NO ONE call say with certainty what the “right answer” is. As with many things in the law, the “real answer” is the one the judge you are in front of gives on a given day, which may not be the same as the judge in the next county gives, or even what that judge would say on a different day.

When the rules are so complex that no one knows how to obey them, it is time for an overhaul.


30 posted on 01/03/2016 7:51:59 AM PST by Mr Rogers (Can you remember what America was like in 2004?)
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To: jim_trent
The NRA (member services) and NRA-ILA (lobbying) are two separate organizations.

True. But the good news is both are chock full of lawyers.

31 posted on 01/03/2016 7:56:26 AM PST by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: dirtboy

...or Al Sharpton.


32 posted on 01/03/2016 7:58:21 AM PST by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: Labyrinthos

Where is the Barf Alert?


33 posted on 01/03/2016 7:58:52 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: Labyrinthos

Totally unconnected to Obama’s recent gun grab rhetoric.

Let’s have an investigation of the Post’s connections to the administration.

/not likely


34 posted on 01/03/2016 8:00:54 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: jim_trent
Also, the NRA Foundation is a separate entity, founded in 1990.

In 1990, NRA made a dramatic move to ensure that the financial support for firearms-related activities would be available now and for future generations. Establishing the NRA Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt organization, provided a means to raise millions of dollars to fund gun safety and educational projects of benefit to the general public. Contributions to the Foundation are tax-deductible and benefit a variety of American constituencies, including youths, women, hunters, competitive shooters, gun collectors, law enforcement agents and persons with physical disabilities.

NRA

35 posted on 01/03/2016 8:19:39 AM PST by Madame Dufarge
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To: Labyrinthos

Wonder if this rag will print it’s years of tax filings?


36 posted on 01/03/2016 8:50:40 AM PST by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: Westbrook
"They’ve had it in for the NRA since the colorado abortion mill shooting, even though the shooter had nothing to do with the NRA. They even tried to blame the San Bernadino Muslim terror attack on the NRA."

You brought to my mind the widely seen and revolting editorial cartoon of a fireman holding an infant at the Oklahoma City bombing. The fireman was saying something to the effect of "Damn You NRA."

37 posted on 01/03/2016 8:58:40 AM PST by VR-21
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To: Labyrinthos

Sure. You can believe the Post. Like the IRS hasn’t been all over the NRA’s paperwork.


38 posted on 01/03/2016 9:38:34 PM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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