Some Republicans See I.R.S. Troubles as Means to a Big Goal: Tax Overhaul
By JONATHAN WEISMAN, NYT
WASHINGTON — When Representative Dave Camp, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, calls conservative activists to the witness table on Tuesday to talk about their experiences in seeking a tax exemption from the Internal Revenue Service, his chief aim will not be to scar the Obama administration or to fuel the continuing Congressional inquiries.
The goal of Mr. Camp, a Republican from Michigan, is more complex: He wants tax reform.
Other Republicans see the cloud around the I.R.S. in the light of raw politics and how much damage it can do to President Obama. For Mr. Camp, spotlighting the tax-collecting agency — and stoking voter antipathy for it — are ways to build momentum for his plan to rewrite and simplify the entire tax code, a goal he has set for the end of the year.
“There isn’t a person I come into contact with back home — or anyone in this country frankly — who does not fear the I.R.S.,” Mr. Camp said last month in opening the first hearing into the agency’s targeting of conservative groups for special scrutiny. “They fear getting something wrong on their tax filings. And they fear the I.R.S.’s ability to audit them and wreak havoc in their lives.”
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WASHINGTON — When Representative Dave Camp, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, calls conservative activists to the witness table on Tuesday to talk about their experiences in seeking a tax exemption from the Internal Revenue Service, his chief aim will not be to scar the Obama administration or to fuel the continuing Congressional inquiries.
The goal of Mr. Camp, a Republican from Michigan, is more complex: He wants tax reform.
Other Republicans see the cloud around the I.R.S. in the light of raw politics and how much damage it can do to President Obama. For Mr. Camp, spotlighting the tax-collecting agency — and stoking voter antipathy for it — are ways to build momentum for his plan to rewrite and simplify the entire tax code, a goal he has set for the end of the year.
“There isn’t a person I come into contact with back home — or anyone in this country frankly — who does not fear the I.R.S.,” Mr. Camp said last month in opening the first hearing into the agency’s targeting of conservative groups for special scrutiny. “They fear getting something wrong on their tax filings. And they fear the I.R.S.’s ability to audit them and wreak havoc in their lives.”
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