The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced on Wednesday that it is cutting ties with ACORN after disastrous video footage was released showing ACORN workers offering inappropriate and flawed tax advice. The IRS will no longer include ACORN in its VITA (volunteer income tax assistance) program:
“The IRS has partnered with hundreds of community and volunteer organizations, including ACORN, to provide free tax assistance to low- and moderate-income Americans. It is absolutely critical that taxpayers have trust in our Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program partners. In light of recent events, the IRS has decided to terminate its relationship with ACORN.”
For its part, ACORN had also (wisely) decided not to continue its tax program. The group’s president, Bertha Lewis, claims that a letter advising of this fact was mailed to the IRS on Monday.
