IRS Asked Inappropriate Questions Of Nonprofit Applicants | The NonProfit Times

IRS Asked Inappropriate Questions Of Nonprofit Applicants | The NonProfit Times: Fallout from the way the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) singled out certain groups applying for 501(c)(4) status under the federal tax code prompted a spirited exchange when Cleta Mitchell, a lawyer and conservative activist, went head to head with John Pomeranz, a lawyer advocating for more bright lines in how the IRS makes its determinations, and Marcus Owens, a former director of the IRS Exempt Organizations Division, a unit that Mitchell would like to see abolished. “Just rip it out,” she said.