Investigation Sought Over IRS Scrutiny of Anti-Tax Groups
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The Internal Revenue Service, under pressure to regulate political spending by nonprofit groups, now faces investigations into its scrutiny of some organizations seeking nonprofit status.
The IRS acknowledged yesterday that it gave extra scrutiny to groups that applied for nonprofit status if they had “tea party” or “patriot” in their name. Congressional Republicans and President Barack Obama’s administration called for probes into how that happened.