IRS Said to Improperly Restrict Access

[Raydawg1234]

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has illegally stopped making public detailed tax enforcement data, which has been used to show which kinds of taxpayers get the most and toughest audits, a noted tax researcher says.

Syracuse University Professor Susan B. Long said in papers filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle late last week that since Nov. 1, 2004, the Internal Revenue Service has violated a 1976 court order requiring the release of the data.

IRS spokesman Terry Lemons responded Friday, "We do not believe we are in violation of the court order."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060108/ap_on_go_ot/irs_secrecy

[Erika]

1. Bush being secretive or avoiding the law?

It sure will be nice to have an open and decent president again.