Video: Barack Obama 'outraged' by tax officials scandal "I promise you this," he said in a rain-soaked press conference with the Turkish Prime Minister outside the White House. The minute I found out about [the IRS scandal], then my main focus is making sure that we get the thing fixed. Mr Obama forced out acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller on Wednesday. The President is expected to name a new acting commissioner by the end of this week. A report this week blamed ineffective management in Washington for allowing agents in a Cincinnati office to improperly single out conservative political groups for additional, sometimes burdensome scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status. The practice went on more than 18 months, diminishing the ability of these groups to raise money during election cycles in 2010 and 2012, the report said. The groups were applying for tax-exempt status as social welfare organisations. Unlike other charitable groups, social welfare organisations can engage on politics, but it is not supposed to be their primary mission. It is up to the IRS to make the determination. The inspector general's report said that if agents saw the words "Tea Party" or "Patriots" in an application, they automatically set it aside for additional scrutiny that could hold up approval for an average of nearly two years. The agents did not flag similar progressive or liberal labels, though some liberal groups did receive additional scrutiny because their applications were singled out for other reasons, the report said.