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April 19, 2016 HEARING: Everyone Agrees: IRS Must Do More to Protect Taxpayer Information

The Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL), today held a hearing with Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen to…

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April 19, 2016 MTB = Manufacturing Tax Breaks

Bipartisan Leaders of the Ways and Means Committee last week introduced legislation to reform the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) process. Through the MTB,…

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April 18, 2016 Rep. Renacci Shares Personal Story on Tax-Related Identity Theft

In 2014, a tax return was filed in Congressman Jim Renacci’s (R-OH) name. Unfortunately, the return that was filed was…

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April 14, 2016 HEARING: Bipartisan Ways and Means Members Agree: Time to Move Forward with MTB

House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA), today held a hearing that focused on how…

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April 13, 2016 HEARING: Republican Members Discuss Need for Fairer, Flatter, Simpler Income Tax

Today, members of the Tax Policy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA), held the second in a series of hearings on how policymakers…

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April 12, 2016 Five Ways the Administration’s Fiduciary Rule Could Undercut Americans’ Saving for Retirement 

Last week, the Department of Labor finalized its “fiduciary rule,” imposing a series of mandates that will drastically alter how Americans plan…

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April 11, 2016 The December 2015 PATH Act: Already Making Tax Day Easier for American Families and Businesses

Each December, families, workers, and job creators waited with uncertainty as Congress debated over which temporary tax provisions to extend…

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March 30, 2016 Obamacare Enrollment Numbers Fall Short of Expectations … Again

Earlier this month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) “took out the trash,” making a major (and majorly disappointing) Obamacare announcement on…

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