Who Gets An Audit From The IRS? JAMES DOBSON SQUAREPANTS!

Thanks to Notes in Samsara for following this story.

Seems that the man who brought us the Passion of The SpongeBob might be in a bit o' trouble with the kind folks at the IRS:

Here's the .pdf of the 99 page complaint.

From The CREW Website:

CREW FILES IRS COMPLAINT AGAINST JAMES DOBSON’S FOCUS ON THE FAMILY

Washington, DC – Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today filed an Internal Revenue Services (IRS) complaint against Focus on the Family, a conservative, non-profit organization led by its Founder and Chairman James C. Dobson. The complaint asks for the IRS to investigate activities by the group which may violate IRS regulations and require a revocation of its tax-exempt status....

“Mr. Dobson’s egregious violations of IRS code demand an investigation into his improper activities that break both the spirit and the letter of IRS law,” Melanie Sloan, executive director of CREW said today.

The Washington Post Article included a response from Focus:

James Bopp, an attorney for the Colorado Springs-based conservative Christian group, said the group has fully complied with IRS code....

"Anything Dr. Dobson did to endorse candidates, he did as an individual," Bopp said.

As the CREW webstite states the IRS has been targeting organizations that appear to have a liberal bent. They have targeted Julian Bond (NAACP Chairman) in 2004 and All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California for an supposed anti-war sermon. (Link To WaPo article).

Okay IRS, put up or shut up.

Religion mixing with politics in your community see the folks at CREW or contact:

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For more on the Spongebob fiasco a link to an Olbermann article at MSNBC
Richard Goldstein reports on The Cartoon Wars in The Nation