More trouble for the IRS

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The Hill:

The new acting IRS chief acknowledged Friday that an upcoming audit would find improper spending at an agency conference, opening up a new trouble spot for an agency already embattled over its treatment of Tea Party groups.

Danny Werfel, the acting commissioner, said that the conference occurred in 2010, labeling it an “unfortunate vestige” from a time before the agency tightened its belt.

“While there were legitimate reasons for holding the meeting, many of the expenses associated with it were inappropriate and should not have occurred,” Werfel said in a statement.

But House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who is already investigating the agency’s singling out of conservative groups, made clear that he would be taking a deep look at the conference spending as well.

House Oversight is holding a hearing on the IRS’s conference spending on Thursday, a development Issa said illustrated broader issues within “an agency in crisis.” Werfel said he expected Treasury’s inspector general for tax administration to release its report on Tuesday.

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