Naming Names in the IRS Scandal

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Lois Lerner

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Holly Paz

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Cindy Thomas

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Territory Manager

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Manager

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IRS Agent....................IRS Agent...............IRS Agent................ RS Agent..................IRS Agent

Ms. Richards..............Liz Hofacre.............Mitchell Steele.............Joseph Herr.............Carly Young

Supervisor of IRS Agents

Stephen Seok

When applying for non-profit status the agent is given 270 days, 9 months approximately, to process the application. If not processed within the 270 days a red flag is issued. Should the application continue to not be processed then every 30 days a report by the agent must be submitted explaining the status on each application.

President Obama's half-brother, Barack H. Obama, had his charity approved in 34 days. “It is illegal to operate for longer than 27 months without an IRS determination and solicit tax-deductible contributions.” This charity operated for several years without formal application for non-profit status. http://www.inquisitr...y-in-one-month/

300 groups were targeted by the IRS

Applications of the targeted groups took no less than 540 days (18 months) to over 1,000 days to process (36 months) IF they were processed

1,000s of red flags were issued to notify that applications had not been processed

Cindy Thomas, who reports directly to Lois Lerner, is in charge of overseeing all these red flags. CT is the manager of the Tax Exempt Division in the Cincinnati IRS office

In 2012, CT released information about conservative groups who applied for nonprofit status to an investigative journalist. CT also released private information about groups which were never approved for non-profit status.

Another name to become commonplace is Holly Paas (unsure of spelling), the IRS supervisor who was present in the room during the questioning by Treasury Inspector General of Tax Administration, J. Russell George, which was a direct intimidation of the witnesses bearing testimony to Mr.George.

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Holly Paz, IRS Director of Ruling and Agreements, she works or worked for Lois Lerner.

Holly Paz name is on this e-mail where Paz is collected information for Lerner from Thomas about the criteria for labeling a case as "Tea Party"

http://oversight.hou...-12Redacted.pdf

Bonnie Esrig is a retired IRS manager, Her name appears in the documents

http://www.fox19.com...s-manager-talks

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) -

Bonnie Esrig worked for the IRS for 38 years, many of which were spent in the Cincinnati field office.

Esrig says she wasn't directly involved in the tax exempt cases involving hundreds of conservative groups, and that those questionnaires were composed by the individual agent working the case. She retired in January 2013 as an Area Manager in Exempt Organizations Determinations.

"At the bottom you have the actual agents who are doing the work. They report to a front line manager, those are called the group managers," said Esrig. "Group managers report to an area manager which is what I was. Then I reported to another senior manager and that was the EO Determinations Program Manager. She reported to Washington D.C. to the Director of Ruling and Agreements, which was Holly Paz."

Holly Paz is one of five IRS employees who will be interviewed by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform this week.

FOX19's Cory Stark was the only local TV reporter to talk with Esrig.

Cory Stark: What has been your reaction to all this?

Esrig: Well I did know several of the individuals, and my thought is that no matter what the facts may or may have not been. It's been grossly overblown into something with much more of a malice or Ill will behind it and I don't believe that was the case.

Cory Stark: Do you think somebody in Washington told these agents to highly scrutinize these conservatives groups?

Esrig: I absolutely don't believe anybody in Washington told the employees to scrutinize those cases, absolutely not.

Cory Stark: Who ultimately in your eyes is responsible for this?

Esrig: I'd rather not say.

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FOX 19 in Cincinnati has a good timeline with document links and stories. http://www.fox19.com...2013-from-fox19

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"I'd rather not say", "I don't know" seem to be the themes of the week.

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THis is just like sports, you have to have a position chart............ the IRS org chart....

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Holly Paz, IRS Director of Ruling and Agreements, she works or worked for Lois Lerner.

Holly Paz name is on this e-mail where Paz is collected information for Lerner from Thomas about the criteria for labeling a case as "Tea Party"

http://oversight.hou...-12Redacted.pdf

A director ? Looks pretty young to be in that high a position. She must be good at her job.

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Holly Paz, IRS Director of Ruling and Agreements, she works or worked for Lois Lerner.

Holly Paz name is on this e-mail where Paz is collected information for Lerner from Thomas about the criteria for labeling a case as "Tea Party"

http://oversight.hou...-12Redacted.pdf

A director ? Looks pretty young to be in that high a position. She must be good at her job.

Or a recipient of political favors for her political favors maybe?

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Or a recipient of political favors for her political favors maybe?

Or the giver of other favors. Did I say that ? Shame on me.

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I wouldn't be surprised if the IRS had a thousand people with "Director" in their title, like every other overly bloated organization where only a small fraction of employees do any actual work.

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Like generals in the Mexican army.... The joke was they had lot of generals and then some sergeant would lead the next revolution to over through the government......

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Lois Lerner

I

Holly Paz

I

Cindy Thomas

I

Territory Manager

I

Manager

I

IRS Agent....................IRS Agent...............IRS Agent................ RS Agent..................IRS Agent

Ms. Richards..............Liz Hofacre.............Mitchell Steele.............Joseph Herr.............Carly Young

Supervisor of IRS Agents

Stephen Seok

When applying for non-profit status the agent is given 270 days, 9 months approximately, to process the application. If not processed within the 270 days a red flag is issued. Should the application continue to not be processed then every 30 days a report by the agent must be submitted explaining the status on each application.

President Obama's half-brother, Barack H. Obama, had his charity approved in 34 days. “It is illegal to operate for longer than 27 months without an IRS determination and solicit tax-deductible contributions.” This charity operated for several years without formal application for non-profit status. http://www.inquisitr...y-in-one-month/

300 groups were targeted by the IRS

Applications of the targeted groups took no less than 540 days (18 months) to over 1,000 days to process (36 months) IF they were processed

1,000s of red flags were issued to notify that applications had not been processed

Cindy Thomas, who reports directly to Lois Lerner, is in charge of overseeing all these red flags. CT is the manager of the Tax Exempt Division in the Cincinnati IRS office

In 2012, CT released information about conservative groups who applied for nonprofit status to an investigative journalist. CT also released private information about groups which were never approved for non-profit status.

Another name to become commonplace is Holly Paas (unsure of spelling), the IRS supervisor who was present in the room during the questioning by Treasury Inspector General of Tax Administration, J. Russell George, which was a direct intimidation of the witnesses bearing testimony to Mr.George.

Interesting information. Where did it come from?

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Interesting information. Where did it come from?

The organisational chart is taken from a news report. Cptau on pg. 1 has a screen shot of the IRS chart that I am still waiting to learn its origin.

The pertinent info is from the TIGTA report. http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/05/politics/irs-timeline/index.html?hpt=po_t1

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Interesting information. Where did it come from?

The organisational chart is taken from a news report. Cptau on pg. 1 has a screen shot of the IRS chart that I am still waiting to learn its origin.

The pertinent info is from the TIGTA report. http://www.cnn.com/i....html?hpt=po_t1

Thanks!

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Interesting information. Where did it come from?

The organisational chart is taken from a news report. Cptau on pg. 1 has a screen shot of the IRS chart that I am still waiting to learn its origin.

The pertinent info is from the TIGTA report. http://www.cnn.com/i....html?hpt=po_t1

THis article states the org chart is from an IRS powerpoint presentation.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/23/EXCLUSIVE-IRS-Org-Chart-Puts-Ingram-and-Lerner-At-Center-of-Power

The IRS site lists names

http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/About-IRS-Exempt-Organizations

Exempt Organizations (EO) administers tax law governing charities, foundations and many other entities that are not required to pay federal income tax.

Director - Lois G. Lerner

Holly Paz - Director, Rulings & Agreements

Nanette Downing - Director, Examinations

Melaney Partner - Director, Customer Education & Outreach

http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Elevating-Exempt-Organizations-Examinations-and-Determinations-Issues

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/eo_exam_areas.pdf

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Today's-IRS-Organization

Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement

The Deputy Commissioner reports directly to the Commissioner and oversees the four primary operating divisions and other service and enforcement functions:

• Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement — Steven T. Miller
  
• Wage and Investment Division — Peggy Bogadi, Commissioner
  
• Large Business and International Division — Heather Maloy, Commissioner
  
• Small Business/Self Employed Division — Faris Fink, Commissioner
  
• Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division — Michael Julianelle, Acting Commissioner
  
• Criminal Investigation — Richard Weber, Chief
  
• Return Preparer Office — Carol Campbell, Director
  
• Office of Professional Responsibility —Karen L. Hawkins, Director
  
• Office of Online Services — Rajive Mathur, Director
  
• Whistleblower Office — Stephen A. Whitlock, Director
  
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