Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George told the Ways & Means Committee on Friday that the IRS used “inappropriate criteria” which targeted conservative groups and attributed it to “ineffective management.”
“In summary, we found that all three allegations were substantiated,” he said in his testimony. “The IRS used inappropriate criteria that identified for review Tea Party and other organizations applying for tax-exempt status based upon their names or policy positions instead of indications of potential political campaign intervention. Because of ineffective management by IRS officials : 1) inappropriate criteria were developed and stay ed in place for a total of more than 18 months, 2) there were substantial delays in processing certain applications, and 3) unnec essary information requests were issued to the organizations.”
Read George’s full testimony to the committee here.
