WASHINGTON — Earlier today, the House passed a series of commonsense reform bills to ensure the IRS remains accountable to taxpayers. These seven bills were passed with bipartisan support and are part of a continued effort by House Republicans to rein in and clean up the IRS. Upon passage of these bills, House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement: "We've said from day one that we're going to clean up the IRS, and these bills are a key part of that effort. The... Read more

House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Peter J. Roskam (R-IL) today announced that the Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight will hold a hearing on the 2015 tax filing season and general operations at the Internal Revenue Service. The hearing will take place on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 10:00 AM in Room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building. Oral testimony at the hearing will be from the invited witnesses only. However, any individual or or... Read more

WASHINGTON — Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) issued the following statement on the Department of Justice’s announced civil asset forfeiture policy change. The new policy follows Roskam’s February hearing on protecting small businesses from having their bank accounts seized by federal authorities without due process. “I was pleased to see that our oversight work has pressured the administration to acknowledge that its practice of seizing the banks account... Read more

WASHINGTON — Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) issued the following statement on the Department of Justice’s announcement that it would not move forward with a criminal-contempt prosecution of Lois Lerner, the former head of the IRS’s Exempt Organizations Division: "Today's announcement surprises no one. It has long been clear that this administration has no interest in providing accountability for the innocent Americans who had their civil liberties viola... Read more

WASHINGTON — Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) delivered the following opening statement during a hearing on the federal government’s use of data analysis—particularly the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Fraud Prevention System (FPS)—to identify emerging trends and stop Medicare fraud. "Welcome, everyone, to our second hearing. The reason we're here today is to strengthen one of the most important federal programs, Medicare, which provides nece... Read more

Americans deserve a government that’s efficient and effective, but that’s not exactly how you’d describe the IRS. So on Wednesday, the Ways and Means Committee will take up a series of bills based on the Tea Party targeting investigation to change how the IRS does business. And recently, the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, led by Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL), has upped the pressure on the agency to be more transparent and more accountable in other areas. Here are just some of the latest ... Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) today sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew urging the administration to tackle unfavorable provisions in the tax code by working with Congress on comprehensive tax reform instead of taking unilateral action. The letter comes after the president’s spokesperson noted in a press conference that “the President is very interested in this avenue generally.” In the letter, the ch... Read more

House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) today announced that the Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight will hold a hearing on the federal government’s use of data analysis—particularly the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Fraud Prevention System (FPS)—to identify emerging trends, and stop Medicare fraud. This hearing will allow the Committee to hear from both government and non-governmental witnesses on the progress that... Read more

WASHINGTON — Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner demanding answers as to why the organization sent 800,000 people incorrect information about their 2014 Obamacare subsidies. Who was responsible for reviewing and testing the forms to ensure their accuracy? What review or testing process is in place to ensure the forms’ accuracy? How can taxpayers determine whether a Form 1095-A they rece... Read more

WASHINGTON — Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) delivered the following opening statement during the subcommittee's hearing on the IRS’s use of civil-asset forfeiture laws to seize the bank accounts of law-abiding small businesses and the settlement tactics used by the agency. "Welcome. This is the Oversight Subcommittee’s first hearing of the 114th Congress. And today, we’re going to examine the IRS’s use and abuse of its civil-asset forfeiture authority. ... Read more