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| IRS now targeting the American Legion. |
| 2013-08-24 |
| [The Daily Caller] Dates and character of service lists required. Lists and more lists? Will arm bands follow ? |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Its like asking one of the gay rights groups to prove each member is really gay with a play by play record of every sex act of each member or have to pay a $1000/Day fine. Of course we know Lois and her IRS friends would never do so to such a key Democratic cohort. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2013-08-24 11:25 |
| #6 peaking of service records - every notice how the gov always looses records that might cost them money? Nuclear test military, Agent Orange exposure military, most WW-II vets, Gulf War Syndrome period vets... records lost all then most WW-II records were lost in 1969. They don't even have names of the bronze and silver star award folks from WW-II. So if they can verify the Am Legion service records... maybe they didn't lose the records and are guilty of fraud! |
| Posted by: 3dc 2013-08-24 11:22 |
| #5 Not everybody at DHS, but certainly the fellow in charge of guns and ammo purchases. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-08-24 09:41 |
| #4 I forgot this part: “If a post is unable or not willing to turn over this personal information, it’s possible they could face a fine of $1,000 per day,” Moran continued. It's probably a penalty, not a fine (I'm not aware that the IRS assesses 'fines'). Also, penalties are waivable, especially first-time penalties. Would it surprise you that the specs on this type of penalty waiver are NOT published in the Internal Revenue Manual (or elsewhere in a single document that I could find, after an hour on the phone w/ the IRS)? |
| Posted by: Raj 2013-08-24 09:40 |
| #3 ...cause we all know 'veteran' have been classified among |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-08-24 09:34 |
| #2 is now one of the leading nonpartisan forces lobbying for veterans rights. That makes it political action, and subject to IRS action. Doesn't seem fair, but not clearly abritrary. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-08-24 08:49 |
| #1 The American Legion was referring to a 13-part section of Part 4, Chapter 76 of the Internal Revenue Manual pertaining to “veterans’ organizations.” At least they're publishing the specs now; they didn't do that when targeting the 501(c)(4) groups a few years ago. |
| Posted by: Raj 2013-08-24 08:42 |