A career IRS official has made a whistleblower complaint alleging that a political appointee in the Treasury Department tried to interfere with an audit of either President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence’s tax returns:
The president and vice president's tax returns are automatically audited, but the process is shrouded in mystery. : A career IRS official has made a whistleblower complaint alleging that a political appointee in the Treasury Department tried to interfere with an audit of either President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence’s tax returns,The whistleblower complaint, which was filed at the end of July, is based on secondhand information from another government official.
Because of privacy laws surrounding the release of tax returns, no other information is available about the content of the complaint. It is unclear if the whistleblower is referring to Trump or Pence’s taxes, or both.related to the House Ways and Means Committee’s efforts to get six years of Trump’s tax returns, which is currently held up in court. The committee argues that the process by which presidential tax returns are audited needs Congressional oversight.
The president’s and vice president’s tax returns are automatically audited every year, but the process is shrouded in mystery. When an IRS official isn’t reviewing the documents, they are kept in an orange folder locked in a secure drawer or cabinet, the: Democrats have been trying to get ahold of Trump’s tax returns, but the White House’s efforts to stop any such attempts in court have been successful thus far.
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