Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced that after months of discussions with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding producing documents pertaining to the Committee’s investigation of the IRS targeting of conservative groups and subsequent issuance of 501(c)(4) rulemaking, the IRS will turn over Lois Lerner emails and documents to the… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Republican Committee Members submitted comments to Treasury Secretary Lew and Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Koskinen on the proposed 501(c)(4) rule. In the letter, the Members explained their strong opposition to the notice of proposed rulemaking and why it should be abandoned, noting that  “1) it has been put forward based on a… Read more

I rise today in support of H.R. 3865, the “Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act of 2014,” to stop the IRS and Treasury from restricting free speech activities of social welfare organizations that have been in place for over 50 years. Last May, we learned that the IRS targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.  For over nine months, Committee… Read more

Over the past six months, this Committee has investigated the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups.  Though our investigation is not complete, and the IRS still has many more documents to provide to the Committee, we have discovered a concerted effort by the IRS to limit the ability of those targeted conservative groups to operate and engage in constitutionally… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement after the Committee favorably reported out H.R. 3865, Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act of 2014. “These rules are a blatant attempt to legalize and institutionalize targeting by the IRS, and are designed to put conservative groups out of business.  It is no… Read more

By The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board House committees are still digging into the IRS political targeting scandal, and… Read more

The IRS is staffed with hardworking men and women who do a tough job, collecting $2.4 trillion in annual revenue and administering our complex and outdated tax code. But in recent years public confidence in the IRS has been shaken. In 2011, the Committee investigated rumors that the IRS was seeking to reinterpret the gift tax and apply it to donors to right-leaning social welfare… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) pressed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen regarding Treasury developing rules to limit conservative groups’ ability to engage in public debate. During a Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight hearing with the Commissioner, Camp highlighted findings from the Committee’s… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) wrote to Treasury Department Secretary Jacob Lew and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen requesting all documents pertaining to 501(c)(4) rulemaking. Upon sending the letter, the Chairman said “Before having all the facts in hand, Treasury rushed forward with new rules that seriously limit… Read more

House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles W. Boustany Jr., M.D., (R-LA) today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen. The hearing will take place at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building. The Commissioner of the Internal Revenue… Read more