Most of what you've read online about IRS problems is wrong, or at least misleading. I'm Darrin Mish. I practice tax law in Tampa and I've been doing this for 32 years. Here's what's actually true.
On occasion, the IRS will find itself in hot water where the investigations and law suits point to possible wrongdoing by the agency. Such is the case with respect to the ongoing investigation into large bonuses being paid to IRS employees.
The suit names top IRS officials who were paid a significant amount.
Lois Lerner, a top official received an addition $120,000 in bonuses on top of her salary. This information was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. She was collecting these bonuses while presiding over discrimination cases against conservative nonprofits.
Lerner is at the heart of the controversy of scrutinizing conservative groups that had applied for nonprofit status. Tea Party organization that applied for tax exempt status were especially targeted. Lerner even had a meeting with the DOJ to discuss prosecuting these groups.
Targeting these groups while not going after liberal groups could easily be interpreted as biased act, especially for someone in her position of authority. Lerner claimed there was no such targeting of conservative groups.
As a result of the pressure, Lerner retired from her IRS post with a full pension. Hard drives and millions of records were destroyed by Lerner in an apparent attempt to hide evidence.
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