IRS Scandal Daily Coverage: The Final Chapter
Ms. Kabbany’s comment on the series is perhaps indicative of the most unfortunate effect of the TaxProf’s method as she mentions the “long list of blog entries” being a “sight to behold”. That comment is an indication to me that Ms. Kabbany has not actually taken the trouble, as have I, to read all the entries. To her, there are a thousand nails in the IRS coffin. What I see is less than a dozen nails pounded on numerous times and then pried up and pounded on a few more times and a lot of folks using the occasion of the wake to talk about other things.
TaxProf Calls An End To Day By Day IRS Scandal Coverage
It seems that the IRS Scandal even more than usual is something that is viewed through ideological glasses. If you would really like to take a hard look at the core scandal, I would recommend the Senate Finance Committee report. The report is in three parts. It lays out the agreed facts that have been determined from fairly exhaustive investigations and then two narratives, one Republican and one Democrat that can be drawn from those facts. The notion that the Obama administration was directing the IRS to target conservative groups is now something of an article of faith on the right. The Republican narrative relies on a kind of a tone at the top dog whistle to support that belief.
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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.