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AAA??Jun. 6, 2013?10:42 AM ET IRS official: Lavish conference followed IRS rules By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER and ALAN FRAMBy STEPHEN OHLEMACHER and ALAN FRAM, Associated Press?  ?Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, holds up a sheet detailing IRS conference spending as he makes opening remarks on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Thursday, June 6, 2013, during the committee's hearing regarding IRS conference spending. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, holds up a sheet detailing IRS conference spending as he makes opening remarks on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Thursday, June 6, 2013, during the committee's hearing regarding IRS conference spending. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) From left, J. Russell George, Inspector General, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration; Gregory Kutz, Assistant Inspector General for Audit, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration; and Faris Fink, Commissioner, Small Business and Self-Employed Division, Internal Revenue Service are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Thursday, June 6, 2013, prior to testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing regarding IRS conference spending. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 6, 2013, ahead of witness testimony before the committee's hearing regarding IRS conference spending. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., second from right, greets witnesses, from left: J. Russell George, Inspector General, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration; Gregory Kutz, Assistant Inspector General for Audit, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration; Faris Fink, Commissioner, Small Business and Self-Employed Division, Internal Revenue Service, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 6, 2013, prior to their testifying before the committee's hearing regarding IRS conference spending. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) WASHINGTON (AP) ? An Internal Revenue Service official is defending extravagant spending at an employee conference and says it conformed with agency rules at the time. Faris Fink heads the division that put on the conference. He tells a House committee that in hindsight, spending at the $4.1 million conference should have been more scrutinized. Fink also says new IRS rules would not allow such an expensive conference today. Fink stayed in a luxury suite and starred in a "Star Trek" video that IRS employees filmed for the conference. He played Mr. Spock. Fink calls the video embarrassing and he's apologizing for his role in it. Fink was testifying Thursday at a hearing by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Associated Press |
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