TaxEsqBlog -by Ronald J. Cappuccio, J.D., LL.M.(Tax)

President Obama now joins former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt , Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Clinton in using the IRS to hammer his political opponents. Treasury officials knew of the attack by the IRS against Tea Party Conservatives in June, 2012 in the middle of Pres. Obama's re-election campaign. The Treasury Inspector General, who is supposed to protect taxpayers from IRS abuse, knew all about TaxScam and did nothing. Congress is screaming, and President Obama fired the Temporary IRS Director (who was leaving in 3 weeks anyway.) Other than that, nothing changed at the IRS. This simply confirms that the IRS is a political arm of the government, not an objective and neutral agency to fairly administer tax law. Tax law is not fair and the administration of the law is tilted. Maybe, we need to start over?

IRS Non-Apology Over Harassing Tea Party Non-Profits Jon Stewart, on the Daily Show pegged Pres. Obama and the IRS for what they really are: "You've managed to show that when the government wants to do good things, your managerial competence falls somewhere between David Brent and a cat chasing a laser pointer," Stewart said. "But when government wants to flex  its more malevolent muscles, you're f—ing Iron Man."  The IRS is totally under the control of the politicians and bureaucrats and is being used as a political attack machine. Pres. Obama follows a long line of Executive Branch abuse of the IRS. President Clinton had his IRS hit list, President Nixon had a similar list. Now, the Obama Administration has upped the ante by attacking Tea Party Non-profits to stymie the opposition. Who knows what other dirty tricks lies in the halls of the IRS at the hands of which politicians. It is time to clean house. If Congress would do its job and reform the ...