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IRS is Working on Response to Dem Request for Trump Taxes
This old fight doesn’t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon, much to the dismay of Donald Trump.
Donald Trump is annoyed, and rightfully so.
Well, to be fair, he is also purposefully being annoyed by his political rivals in Washington DC, in some sort of continuation of the “resistance” movement come to life. Robert Mueller’s report on alleged Russian “collusion” has come and gone, sort of, and the President has taken his victory lap in the wake of its findings.
The frustration that this has caused the anti-Trump crowd has now manifested itself in an attempt to, once again, unearth several years’ worth of the President’s tax returns.
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Now, the IRS is preparing to respond.
take our poll - story continues belowCompleting this poll grants you access to Liberty Hub updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to this site's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig says his agency “anticipates” responding to congressional requests for President Donald Trump’s tax returns amid growing pressure from House Democrats for transparency. During a hearing on the IRS budget before the Senate Finance Committee, Rettig was pressed by Sen. Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon, on a request made by House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal, Democrat of Massachusetts, who set a deadline of Wednesday for the submission of Mr. Trump’s returns.
“We have received the letter, we’re working on the letter with counsel, we anticipate to respond,” Rettig testified. Neal sent a formal request to the IRS for six years of Mr. Trump’s tax returns, arguing the committee “has a responsibility to conduct oversight of our voluntary Federal tax system and determine how Americans — including those elected to our highest office — are complying with those laws.”
The President has long stated that his legal team would be unwilling to release these returns until they are out from under the pall of an ongoing IRS audit.
Trump has also chastised the timing of this request by the democrats, fueling the sentiment that this is nothing more than democratic revenge for his seeming escape from the clutches of Robert Mueller.
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