Tag: Richard Neal

IRS Report Fails to Provide Key Details, Republican Lawmakers Say

April 7, 2023
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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) has criticized the IRS for failing to provide essential information in its much-anticipated report released on April 6. The tax agency unveiled its strategic operating plan in the report, disclosing how it plans to use the $80 billion in new funding provided by the Democrats’ Inflation…

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Pelosi Says Democrats Might Release Trump’s Tax Returns

December 1, 2022
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Democrats might release former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, the top Democrat in the House of Representatives said on Dec. 1. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said the decision would be up to Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) and members of the House Ways and Means Committee. “That’s a judgment they’re going to have to make,” she told…

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Trump Urges Supreme Court to Stop IRS From Giving His Tax Returns to Congress

October 31, 2022
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Former President Donald Trump on Oct. 31 urged the U.S. Supreme Court to stop tax officials from handing over his returns to a congressional panel. Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, is seeking six years of Trump’s returns. Neal says they’re necessary to make sure presidents are audited…

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Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Democrat Effort to Obtain Trump Tax Returns

August 9, 2022
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The Democrat effort to obtain six years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns has a legitimate legislative purpose that is not clearly unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled on Aug. 9. Trump and his lawyers have said that the request, from Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.), exceeds the investigative powers of Congress. The appeals court…

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Top Democrats Push IRS to Extend Tax-Filing Deadline, Citing Pandemic

March 8, 2021
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Two top Democrats in the House of Representatives on Monday urged the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to mimic what was done last year and extend the tax filing deadline, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.) said in a…

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