As I understand it, the IRS does not make information about audits public, unless as part of criminal charges. Am I correct? In fact, we wouldn't know that the IRS had been trying to audit JW for nearly 4 years now, if not for JW's press releases, correct?
It does make one wonder what the IRS is looking for - and what it would take for JW to decide the audit was a standard audit and not "politically motivated".
Look at the following regarding some of the acqusations that have been thrown around. I can't vouch for the accuracy... but it is basically stating the Scaife Foundations gave JW funds which weren't claimed on reporting forms. How they know all this I can't say other than through some public documents.... maybe
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