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March 14, 2024 The Biden Tax Hike Will Likely Exceed $7 Trillion 

Hidden inside President Biden’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Budget is the revelation that he will increase taxes by a whopping…

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March 12, 2024 Biden Budget Message to Taxpayers: The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement on President Biden’s release of his Fiscal…

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March 12, 2024 Smith: Direct E-File Program No One Asked for Is Simply a Way to Expand IRS

Washington, D.C. – As the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) launched pilot programs throughout the U.S. for an unauthorized direct e-file…

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March 01, 2024 Chairman Smith: The Biden Family is Protecting “the Brand,” Joe Biden

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) joined Fox News host Bill Hemmer on Thursday to discuss…

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February 19, 2024 Six Key Moments from Hearing with IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is currently failing to follow the law and protect taxpayers in several key areas, Ways…

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February 15, 2024 Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Hearing with IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel

As prepared for delivery. “Thank you Commissioner Werfel for appearing before the Ways and Means Committee a little earlier than…

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February 12, 2024 Watchdog: Lack of Guardrails Leaves Confidential Taxpayer Information Vulnerable at the IRS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Days before IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel is scheduled to testify before the Ways and Means Committee, a new report issued…

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February 02, 2024 Twelve State Attorneys General Join Chairman Smith in Condemning IRS’s Direct File Scheme

“We have a duty to protect the American taxpayer from an already supercharged IRS that exerts too much control over…

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January 29, 2024 Chairman Smith Applauds Decision to Hand Down the Maximum Allowable Sentence on the ProPublica Leaker

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after Internal Revenue Service (IRS)…

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