The House Ways and Means Committee is holding a Congressional hearing today on the matter of Internal Revenue Service improperly targeting certain applications for tax-exempt status based on keywords and politically charged language.
You can watch the hearings at C-SPAN over the web here: http://www.c-span.org/Events/C-SPAN-Event/10737439699/
I’ll have a round-up of the day’s events at the close.
Kelly Phillips Erb, known as Taxgirl, is a tax attorney, writer, and speaker who explains tax news, IRS updates, scams, financial crime, and money in plain English.
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