From today's New York Times, "An I.R.S. Promotion for Bush at Tax Time":

As the deadline for filing tax returns approached, news releases from the Internal Revenue Service included a little something extra, a sentence promoting the administration's tax policies that said, "America has a choice: It can continue to grow the economy and create new jobs as the president's policies are doing, or it can raise taxes on American families and small businesses, hurting economic recovery and future job creation."

"Stating our position is appropriate," said Rob Nichols, a spokesman for the Treasury Department, which oversees the I.R.S. "The administration's views on fiscal policy are that lower taxes have helped strengthen the economy and led to an environment of increased job creation."

Earlier this year, the Treasury Department was criticized after its analysis of a tax plan similar to one proposed by Senator John Kerry was used to attack Mr. Kerry as he sought the Democratic nomination for president.

"This administration is abusing the public trust and campaigning on the taxpayers' dime," Phil Singer, a spokesman for the Kerry campaign, said Monday. The Kerry campaign has started an online petition to protest the White House's use of federal resources for the president's re-election effort.

The sentence about President Bush's tax policies showed up on four April 9 news releases that were labeled "April 15th Tax Day Reminders": "Treasury and I.R.S. Work To Make Paying Taxes a Little Easier," "The 2001 and 2003 Tax Relief Plans Will Impact Income Tax Returns Filed," "Millions of Individuals and Families Are Benefiting From Tax Relief Plan" and "Tax Relief Reinvigorated the U.S. Economy and Is Driving Job Creation."

These news releases are now nowhere to be found on the IRS website.