Despite assurances from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig that the agency’s backlog would be cleared by the end of the year, a top IRS watchdog warns the agency could fall short.
“I would like ...
With less than a month before the 2022 midterm elections, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sent a mailer to 9 million Americans informing them that they may be eligible to apply for tax credits. The IRS also took the unusual step of extending the typical deadline for such filing by a month. The timing of the mailers seems both “suspicious” and “political” – especially given that ...
“A supercharged IRS that does not answer to Congress is dangerous,” writes Ways and Means member and Republican Leader of the House Committee on the Budget Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) in a new op-ed for The Hill. Highlighting how Democrats ...
“An accountable government isn’t a bloated one empowered to target taxpayers, which is why we are working together to defund the Biden Administration’s plan to hire 87,000 new employees to audit American taxpayers,” writes Ways and Means Member Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA) in
“Apparently, Democrats think transparency is unnecessary for tax collectors for the welfare state,” points out the Washington Examiner editorial board, calling attention to Democrats’ scheme to cover for the IRS’s ...
Amid the backlash aimed at PayPal’s $2,500 ‘misinformation’ policy – the Biden Administration is still targeting Americans through Paypal and similar platforms with its
While asserting that his economic plans were “no joke,” President Biden repeated several false and misleading claims about his so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” while touting today’s troubling jobs report at a manufacturing plant in ...
Ways and Means Republicans, led by Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), introduced a bill to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from using its massive, $80 billion infusion of taxpayer dollars to squeeze more revenue out of American taxpayers who earn less than $400,000 per year.
“No matter what they deny, Democrats in Washington are unleashing an ...
Democrats are blocking Congress from critical information regarding the IRS’s sudden and mysterious destruction of 30 million tax returns.
Despite repeated demands, the IRS has refused to provide the decision memorandum it used to justify the move, instead replying with a blanket denial that broadly prevents Congress from performing its appropriate oversight ...
Congressional Republican leaders are calling on Biden Administration agencies to obey a recent Supreme Court ruling that clarified the limitations of certain agency actions and insists that lawmaking is done by elected officials, not unaccountable bureaucrats. In letters to agencies within their jurisdiction, the leaders request the “clear congressional authorization” for upcoming ...