Description: Blog of the Public Policy Legal Institute
Blog of the Public Policy Legal Institute
Characterizations, editorial comments, abbreviations and shorthand references are solely PPA Highlights author Barnaby Zall’s, and do not necessarily represent the views or positions of the Public Policy Legal Institute, the First Tuesday Lunch Group or their members and participants. Suggestions and corrections welcome.
Danny Werfel, Part Deux, Takes Over as IRS Commissioner: The first time Danny Werfel became Commissioner, the Internal Revenue Service was in turmoil , following the Lois Lerner-led 2010-13 “targeting” scandal in which the Service’s Exempt Organizations Division selected organizations for intensive review on the basis of their names and perceptions of whether they were conservative. He lasted seven months , before leaving “quietly” as John Koskinen took over to “heal” the IRS.