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Supercharged IRS

The new Manchin-Biden Build Back Better bill allots $80 billion in new funding for the IRS – more than six times the agency’s current annual budget.

Included in the $80 billion is funding to send 87,000 new IRS agents after you and your family-owned business on the belief that everyone is a tax cheat. The IRS has already been targeting lower and middle income earners, yet Democrats want to hire new IRS agents to audit individuals and small businesses. They’ve also promised to revive their invasive bank surveillance scheme.

The Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act

January 09, 2023 — Blog

For a printable version of this one-pager, please click here. Republicans are blocking the Biden Administration from unleashing 87,000 new IRS agents to go after families and small businesses and their unprecedented increase in IRS audits. The ...

Brady: Democrats Unleash Dangerous New Political Weapon with Public Release of Private Tax Returns

December 30, 2022 — Blog

Brady: Democrats Unleash Dangerous New Political Weapon with Public Release of Private Tax Returns Following Democrats’ move to release private taxpayer information, Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement. “With the publicly released transcript of Democrats’ secret executive session, Americans now have confirmation that ...

Fact Check: Democrats’ Release of Confidential Tax Returns Was Unprecedented and Unnecessary

December 22, 2022 — Blog

On Wednesday, Ways and Means Democrats voted to release confidential taxpayer information, jeopardizing the right of every American to be protected from political targeting by Congress. Here’s the truth about how their unprecedented and haphazard actions sets a dangerous precedent that will allow majorities in Congress to target their political enemies. Democrats ignore that President ...

Democrat Bill’s Only Purpose: Provide Cover for the Political Targeting of a Private Citizen

December 22, 2022 — Blog

As Democrats attempt to justify unleashing a dangerous new political weapon that overturns decades of privacy protections for average Americans that have existed since the Watergate reforms, Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) warned against their politically-motivated action that sets a terrible precedent. Speaking on the House Floor, Rep. Brady noted that ...

Brady Statement on News Reports of Democrats’ Rush to Release Confidential Tax Information

December 17, 2022 — 'Inflation Reduction Act'

After Democrats announced a hearing in which the Ways and Means Committee would review confidential materials, press reports stated that “Trump Tax Returns May Be Released After House Panel Meets Tuesday” (Wall Street Journal, Dec. 16). Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement: “Ways and Means Democrats are ...