[Cold Heat]

Actually, I did read the excerpted paragraphs, and they definitely appeared to say what it appeared to say, but according to those in the know, the language was written by IRS and was not meant to mean that returns could be viewed.

At least that is what they claim.

In any case, to make that act legal, the IRS laws would have needed to be revised at the same time.

I think it is as they say, "a tempest in a teapot".

[Ken H]

In any case, to make that act legal, the IRS laws would have needed to be revised at the same time.

The only thing required to make it legal would be for Congress to pass it and the President to sign it.

If there's a conflict, then doesn't the most recent act of Congress become the supreme law? IOW, this bill would have trumped the IRS rules where they were in conflict.