WASHINGTON, DC – The IRS’ forced file scheme is coming under intense scrutiny as more information comes to light about how it would render the American people powerless against an IRS that is the tax preparer, filer, and auditor. Democrats want to give the same agency that routinely leaks confidential information and struggles to provide basic customer service the task of ...
The Biden Administration’s study to examine whether the IRS should be the tax preparer, filer, and auditor for millions of Americans was nothing more than a box-checking exercise – as confirmed by the outcome of the $15 million feasibility study released by the IRS today and reports that the agency has already initiated a direct e-file pilot program. The so-called “Inflation Reduction ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – New information provided by a key Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower’s counsel alleges that an IRS employee is being retaliated against — a potential violation of whistleblower protection laws — for seeking to share information with Congress. The whistleblower ...
On Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing to discuss the tax-exempt status of non-profit hospitals. The Subcommittee examined whether reforms and accountability are necessary to ensure these hospitals provide the appropriate level of charitable care and community benefits commensurate with the tax benefits they receive each year. ...
As prepared for delivery. "Commissioner Werfel, thank you for being here today. "I first want to address an issue that has been widely reported. Last week, a whistleblower came forward with troubling claims about abuses of power. We are conducting a review of this matter and will go wherever the facts lead us. I expect full cooperation from the IRS, particularly with regard to ...
As prepared for delivery. "Thank you, Chairman Schweikert and Ranking Member Pascrell. "Today the Oversight Subcommittee is meeting to examine the tax-exempt status of nonprofit hospitals to ensure they are operating in the best interests of patients, communities, and taxpayers. As the committee with oversight jurisdiction over the IRS, the tax code, tax administration, and health ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after an employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sent a letter, through legal counsel, to the Chairman requesting the committee look into concerns the employee has regarding allegations of misconduct in the handling of a high-profile case.
WASHINGTON, DC – As it struggles to process the billions of information returns it currently receives, the IRS may be unprepared to implement Democrats’ new invasive scheme to track Americans’ personal online financial transactions, wrote Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman David ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Thursday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement in response to the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) newly released “plan” that was supposed to inform Congress and the American people how the IRS will spend the $80 billion Democrats gave the agency in the Inflation Reduction Act (it ...
WASHINGTON, DC – Democrats’ “green” energy subsidies in the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” (IRA) will cost three times what was originally projected, according to new analysis featured in the Wall Street Journal. Taxpayers are on the hook ...