And some groups will simply disappear and take their chances that the IRS has too few staff and resources to chase them down. That’s a pretty good bet, tax experts say.
“I believe we’ll never know much, because I believe a number of the organizations will never file a 990,” said University of Miami Law School professor Frances Hill. “They’ll simply fade away and dare the IRS to find any traces of them.”
A man from Kentucky attends a Tea Party Patriots rally on the West Front of the Capitol to protest the IRS' targeting of conservative political groups.
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