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IRS Commissioner Includes Focus on Nonprofits in National Press Club Speech (March 22, 2005)
IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson, in a March 15, 2005, speech at the National Press Club (Washington, DC), provided an update on the achievements of the Internal Revenue Service during the past year, and highlights of upcoming IRS activities. During that speech he noted the work the IRS has been undertaking to eliminate abusive tax shelters, including those involving tax-exempt organizations. He further noted the recent Nonprofit Panel Interim Report, and how encouraged he was by many of the recommendations. However, he went on to say:
“The threat to the integrity of our nation’s charities is real and growing. At the IRS, we take it very seriously. We are augmenting our resources in the non-profit area. By the end of September, we will have increased the number of our personnel who audit tax exempt organizations by over 30% from two years earlier. If we don’t act, there is a risk that Americans will lose faith in our nation’s charitable organizations. If that happens, Americans will stop giving and those in need will suffer.”

Commissioner Everson’s speech appears to reinforce the strong messages of enforcement and a sense of an eroding integrity among charities that are resonating through both the legislative and executive branches of the government.
Review full text of Commissioner Everson’s remarks.