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Oversight

Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Schweikert Opening Statement -Hearing on The Employee Retention Tax Credit Experience: Confusion, Delays, and Fraud

July 27, 2023 — Blog

As prepared for delivery.  "Good afternoon and welcome to today’s Oversight Subcommittee hearing. This is a hearing to allow Members of the Committee to hear from those directly impacted by the challenges associated with the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC). The hearing will also allow us to hear from those who are helping employers navigate the ERTC ...

Judge’s Refusal to Accept Hunter Biden Plea Deal is a Win for the Integrity of America’s Justice System

July 26, 2023 — Blog

Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after a U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Delaware refused to accept the plea agreement negotiated by the Biden Department of Justice and Hunter Biden’s defense attorneys for various alleged tax crimes committed by Hunter Biden. “In recent weeks, the American people have heard from ...

Smith, Schweikert Demand Key Document from IRS on Destruction of 30 Million Tax Records

July 25, 2023 — Blog

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three years after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) destroyed 30 million unprocessed, paper-filed informational tax returns, the agency continues to refuse to hand over a memorandum requested by the Ways and Means Committee detailing the decision to do so. In a letter to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) ...

Chairman Smith Questions Ways and Means Whistleblowers in Hunter Biden Investigation

July 21, 2023 — Biden Impeachment Inquiry

WASHINGTON, DC – In a stunning hearing before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, two IRS whistleblowers testified that the Department of Justice repeatedly acted to show Hunter Biden preferential treatment in their investigation into his alleged felony tax crimes. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) ...

Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Oversight Committee Hearing With IRS Whistleblowers About the Biden Criminal Investigation

July 19, 2023 — Biden Impeachment Inquiry

As prepared for delivery.   "Thank you, Chairman Comer.   "The Ways and Means Committee is charged with ensuring that the tax code is enforced fairly. Clearly, the President only believes in making taxpayers pay their fair share if they don’t share his last name.   "These two courageous whistleblowers provided my Committee with devastating testimony showing that ...

Six Key Takeaways from the Released IRS Whistleblower Transcripts

July 12, 2023 — Biden Impeachment Inquiry

The Ways and Means Committee recently voted to make public transcribed interviews of IRS employees assigned to the Hunter Biden investigations who are blowing the whistle on misconduct at the IRS and the Department of Justice surrounding that investigation. Click here ...