Watchdog: IRS still at risk of targeting conservative groups

Published January 14, 2016 5:20pm ET



The Internal Revenue Service may still be auditing groups on the basis of their political and religious views, according to a Wednesday report issued by the Government Accountability Office.

In particular, the report found that “control deficiencies” in the agency’s Wage and Investment division “increase the risk of selecting organizations for audit in an unfair manner — for example, based on an organization’s religious, educational, political, or other views.

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