IRS Commissioner: Agency Has Corrected Backlog in Tax Exemption Applications
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marcnorman/iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said Tuesday that the agency has corrected a backlog in processing tax-exemption requests after Tea Party groups claimed in 2013 that they had been singled out for tougher treatment.
“In the tax exempt area we acted on all of the inspectors general’s recommendations to fix the management problems they identified nearly two years ago,” Koskinen said in front of the National Press Club. “These problems should not have happened and we continue to work to make improvements to ensure that they never happen again.”
Koskinen credited a new form, the 1023EZ, with helping to clear the backlog. The form allows smaller non-profit groups to file and has led to the current status, which Koskinen describes as being “current.”
“Fifteen months ago we had a backlog of applications from groups seeking status as private non-profit organizations. Those applications came in at the rate of 70,000 a year,” Koskinen noted. At one point, the backlog was greater than 60,000 forms.
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