In 2022, the IRS Went After the Poorest Taxpayers

Re:In 2022, the IRS Went After the Poorest Taxpayers by favorited on Friday January 06, 2023 @08:05PM (#34283820)

> because they did deliberately target people like them

No, they didn't. The IRS has no idea if a person is lefist, conservative, or anything in the middle.

There were multiple investigations into the IRS targeting political groups (not people!) applying for tax exempt status using keywords like "tea party." Those investigations found that groups across the political spectrum were targeted, not just conservative ones.

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Re:In 2022, the IRS Went After the Poorest Taxpayers by barelysapient on Friday January 06, 2023 @10:32PM (#34284856)

I’m guessing the op is referring to this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_targeting_controversy

“In 2013, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS), under the Obama administration, revealed that it had selected political groups applying for tax-exempt status for intensive scrutiny based on their names or political themes.”

Further in the article you’ll learn that conservative groups were targeted more than left leaning groups.

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Re:In 2022, the IRS Went After the Poorest Taxpayers by hgsgm on Saturday January 07, 2023 @08:24AM (#34287769)

So they targeted both, as required by law (political lobbying is not tax exempt), and conservative groups were targeted "more", without quantitative context.

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