Posted on 12/21/2018 6:54:11 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Soon after the Democrats take control of the House next year, Rep. Richard Neal, who will be the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, expects to send a letter to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin requesting copies of Donald Trump's returns.
He doesn't expect to get them.
At least, not right away.
A 1924 federal law - 26 U.S. Code § 6103 - mandates that the Treasury secretary "shall furnish" the tax returns of any individual for private review by the chairmen of the House and Senate tax committees. Committee sources could find no evidence that it had ever been used to obtain somebody's tax return.
But they say the law, which was passed to monitor conflicts of interest in the executive branch, is clear.
Neal, of Springfield, Massachusetts, has said he intends to use the law to seek Trump's tax returns, because he believes it's wrong that Trump is the first president in 40 years not to have made his returns public.
If and when he does get them, Neal and the Democrats plan to make the returns public, Congressional sources told NBC News. They believe they can do so by committee vote in a closed session.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
Sounds like they are expected to keep this info to themselves. Riiiiiiight.
How about Al Sharpton’s tax returns? Oh, that’s right....
Read on, FRiend
IIRC, Trump sat at a table in April 2017, and was photographed & videoed signing his ‘tax returns.
There was a stack at least 3000 pages tall on his left side.
Trump entities have been audited by the IRS for years...every year.
There is NOT a single member of Congress who can determine if the IRS missed something.
The flip side of this is: How about every member of Congress bringing forth their tax returns? Especially Pelosi-—Feinstein-—Reid-—Ryan-—Dingle-—Sharpton-—ETC. Sharpton owes back taxes.
How about getting into Bezo’s returns? Zukerberg? Gates? Warren Buffett owes million to the IRS going back years. He just keeps paying lawyers to fight the IRS.
NO ONE should have the right to see someone else’s tax returns.
IIRC, Trump sat at a table in April 2017, and was photographed & videoed signing his ‘tax returns.
There was a stack at least 3000 pages tall on his left side.
Trump entities have been audited by the IRS for years...every year.
There is NOT a single member of Congress who can determine if the IRS missed something.
The flip side of this is: How about every member of Congress bringing forth their tax returns? Especially Pelosi-—Feinstein-—Reid-—Ryan-—Dingle-—Sharpton-—ETC. Sharpton owes back taxes.
How about getting into Bezo’s returns? Zukerberg? Gates? Warren Buffett owes million to the IRS going back years. He just keeps paying lawyers to fight the IRS.
NO ONE should have the right to see someone else’s tax returns.
HOW ABOUT SOROS???
Oh I think you are correct...if they request just one single year, and the Treasury Secretary limits it to the head of the committee...even if he was a registered CPA, it’d take at least three months to analyze one single year’s return. But to then compare it against the previous year or try to put five of these returns into some analytical project...you’d be talking about two years of work to reach some conclusion.
Like you say....if his goes that way...all of them should put their returns on the table. I wouldn’t have a problem in mandating that one year after they turn in a return....it has to be made public knowledge.
You're assuming there's any testicular fortitude in the Republican Party.
There is no provision in the Constitution that requires the President to provide copies of his tax returns.
I would remind Dems, “What goes around, comes around.”....................
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