Posted on 02/20/2023 7:07:17 AM PST by Twotone
The new head of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee blasted the Biden administration for giving few answers after thousands of taxpayer files were leaked to an outside group.
House Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., sent a letter to Russel George, the Treasury Department’s Inspector General for Tax Administration, raising concerns about the leak of “confidential tax information" and the lack of accountability over that leak.
The issue began when the news group ProPublica reported in June 2021 that it had been given private tax returns for thousands of Americans spanning over 15 years.
From ProPublica:
Thanks to an analysis of its unprecedented trove of IRS data, ProPublica is revealing the 15 people who reported the most U.S. income on their taxes from 2013 to 2018, along with data for the rest of the top 400.
The analysis also shows how much they paid in federal income taxes – and it demonstrates how the American tax system, which theoretically makes the highest earners pay the highest income tax rates, fails to do so for the people at the very top of the income pyramid. The top 400 earners pay noticeably lower tax rates than the merely rich; and, if you include payroll taxes, a married couple making $200,000 a year could end up paying higher tax rates than a person making $200 million a year.
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Of course it was political. Stupid question, Congress.
Meritless Garland will get right on it.
Doi. What else could it be but political you bunch of anti American Rino retards?!
They should also ask if water is wet.
Well duh
I don’t care about “blasting” and “raising concerns”.
Let’s see some consequences and accountability.
They are assassinating whistleblowers, jailing patriots, and framing elected Presidents who overwhelmed their fraud and smear machines.
Any mid-level managers capable of faithfully replacing the rot at the top, have long since been removed.
If you think American citizens are going to be able to correct this without repenting and returning to God, you're not paying attention.
Check the donations and political contributions/party of the leaked files.
Be super easy to tell if it was disproportionally Republican.
All I know is I was audited every year I contributed to certain Israeli organizations Obama did not like.
Thousands of taxpayer files were leaked to an outside group.
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If you believe that the Easter Bunny will leave more eggs and candy in your basket.
It’s actually a crime to do that. I’m sure DOJ will be jumping right on it.
It was illegal. Congress should be calling for criminal charges. What happens when a normal citizens says “I did it by accident”. Then they hear that ignorance is no excuse for the law.
Yet another reason to get the FairTax implemented.
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