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Outgoing IRS Chief: Question That Sparked Scandal Was A Plant
Lois Lerner, head of the IRS' tax-exempt organizations division, in a screen grab from an undated speech posted online.
One of the oddest aspects of the IRS scandal was the way the story first came to light last Friday, when Lois Lerner, head of the IRS' tax-exempt organizations division, apologized for inappropriate targeting of conservative groups. The apology, a major admission, was delivered in a decidedly low-profile place: in response to a question from an attendee at a panel during the American Bar Association tax section's annual meeting in Washington D.C.
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The Seven Questions That Got The IRS In Trouble
David Ficke, of Maryland Heights, Mo., attends the "Gateway to November" rally hosted by the St. Louis Tea Party and Tea Party Patriots on Sept. 12, 2010, at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
Tucked inside the the government report that found the IRS used inappropriate criteria to identify tax-exempt applications to review is a list of seven questions.
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IRS Official's Admission Baffled Audience At Tax Panel
Lois Lerner, head of the IRS' tax-exempt organizations division, in a screen grab from an undated speech posted online.
The fateful question came from a tax lawyer, in a room filled with dozens of them. It came at the end of a Friday morning panel, on the second day of the American Bar Association tax section's big annual meeting at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Washington D.C. The moderator had announced that it would be the panel's last question.
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