All 18 Republican members of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee want to know why the IRS recently violated a 2017 court settlement in which it agreed to stop targeting non-profit tax-exemption applicants on the basis of their political views. In a Nov. 8 letter to IRS Commissioner Charles P. Rettig, the 18 GOP signers…
House Ways and Means GOPers Ask Why IRS Is Targeting Political Views, Again
IRS Reverses Courses, Grants Tax-Exemption to Texas Religious Group
A senior IRS executive who previously denied tax-exemption to Christians Engaged because, he claimed, prayer and Bible study favor Republicans, reversed himself and awarded the favorable designation to the group. “We’re pleased to tell you we determined you’re exempt from federal income tax under Internal Revenue Code 501(C)(3). Donors can deduct contributions they make to…
IRS Reverses Course, Grants Tax-Exemption to Texas Religious Group
A senior IRS executive who had previously denied tax-exemption to Christians Engaged has reversed his decision, awarding the favorable designation to the Texas prayer group. Stephen K. Martin, director of exempt organization rulings and agreements, had initially cited a claim that prayer and Bible study favor Republicans as the reason for Christians Engaged’s denial of tax-exempt status….
Overt IRS Hostility to Prayer, Bible-Study Draws GOP Anger; Pelosi, Hoyer, Other Dems Silent
Top House Republican leaders are blasting an IRS denial of tax-exemption to a Texas prayer group as an overt attack on religious liberty and a continuation of the targeting scandal that plagued the federal tax agency during the Obama era. Democrat leaders have remained silent. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told The Epoch Times…
IRS Denies Tax-Exemption to Texas Religious Group Because Prayer, Bible Reading Boost the Republican Party
An IRS official denied tax-exempt status to a Texas group that encourages church members to pray for state and national leaders regardless of their party affiliation because it benefits “the private interests of the [Republican] Party.” “You do not qualify as an organization described in IRS Section 501(c)(3). You engage in prohibited political campaign intervention,”…
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