House Ways and Means Committee asked the IRS for six years of President Trump's personal and business tax returns, a request the president has said he will fight.
President Trump speaks during a meeting with congressional leaders and administration officials on tax reform in 2017.
The House Ways and Means Committee asked the IRS on Wednesday for six years of President Trump's personal and business tax returns, a request he has already said he will fight. “Congress, as a coequal branch of government, has a duty to conduct oversight of departments and officials,” Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal said in a statement. “The Ways and Means Committee in particular 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.
Trump has told White House and Treasury advisors that he does not plan to hand over his tax returns to Congress — and that he would fight it to the Supreme Court, hoping to stall until after the 2020 election, according to two administration officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe private conversations. Treasury officials are not going to comply with the request until they are compelled to do so.
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