This is the closest thing in [17] to any statement about the IRS in that article:
"The Copeland ministry declined requests for an interview, and pointed to an accounting firm's declaration that all jet travel complies with federal tax laws.. "

Do you all see the same thing I see?    The statement that "according to IRS officials are in strict compliance" is nowhere at all in the cited news article.   All the news article says is that an accounting firm declared that all jet travel complies with federal tax laws.   This is VERY different than what is stated as fact in the article.
An accounting firm is NOT "IRS officials".