New Chief Can’t Assure Targeting Isn’t Going on ‘Systemically’ Across IRS

New acting IRS commissioner Daniel Werfel couldn’t say whether targeting was taking place beyond groups seeking tax-exempt status at today’s House Oversight Committee hearing. Representative Mark Meadows (R., N.C.) asked Werfel about potential targeting taking place “systemically across the service” in the way the IRS conducts auditing, issues penalty waivers, and assesses fees

“I’m not ready to make those assurances,” Werfel told Meadows. He explained that he is still investigating, and is “not aware of it at this time.”