This latest “scandal” concerning the IRS is going to make it impossible to reform our tax code anytime soon.
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The importance of an independent tax tribunal is well documented in the pages of tax journals and even mainstream media outlets. Independent tax tribunals are generally touted as being fairer than a tribunal housed within a taxing agency and the typically don’t have “pay to play” requirements. Currently, 32 states and the District of Columbia have some form of an independent tax tribunal. But that doesn’t mean the creation of an independent tax tribunal is a sure thing. Far from it. In fact, Texas recently considered a bill that would have created an independent tax tribunal, but the bill died in committee.
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My friends at Good Jobs First released a report on Mississippi tax incentives recently that liberals, small government conservatives, and libertarians should find appalling.
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Abolishing 501(c)(4)s would bring much needed clarity and transparency to the political realm. And the tax law.
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The recent IRS problems demonstrate the need for tax reform while also making it more difficult.
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The beat keeps going in the IRS’s exempt organizations scandal. Outgoing acting Commissioner Steven Miller did little to satisfy Republican critics in his testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday (in fact, he probably made the scandal worse). Another round of hearings will start Wednesday, when the Senate Finance Committee will hear from Miller, former Commissioner Douglas Shulman, and other officials. Incoming acting Commissioner Daniel Werfel will soon start a 30-day internal IRS investigation on the issue. At least one Republican senator thinks the hearings or investigations will find a smoking gun -- a memorandum directing IRS personnel to target critics of President Obama, proving a politically biased motive.
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Tomorrow there will be two Senate hearings on taxation. The one that is dealing with a really important tax issue is likely to get pushed out of the spotlight.
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The IRS executive who bungled the 501(c)(4) determinations unit scandal should resign -- or be fired today.
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There's a public opinion poll for just about everything these days. I recently stumbled across a U.K. poll on corporate taxes and morality. The results are fascinating.
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