On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
Under current law, tax-exempt organizations are not able to request an administrative appeal of their initial classification of tax-exempt status. The bill would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a right to an administrative appeal relating to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations. I might add, this would apply to all, whatever their political leanings, provided they meet the requirements of the statute. So this would apply to liberal as well as conservative organizations that were subject to the inappropriate standards used by the IRS. In 2012, the IRS received 51,748 applications for 501(c)(3) status and 2,774 applications for (c)(4) status. {time} 2100 In each case, less than three-tenths of 1 percent were denied. In 2013, two-tenths of 1 percent of all 501(c)(3) applications and 501(c)(4) applications were denied. I support this legislation, and urge all of my colleagues to do so. I yield back the balance of my time.
