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IRS Fails to Protect Taxpayers … Again

March 9, 2016

The Internal Revenue Service earlier this week announced another damaging data breach that has left more Americans vulnerable to identify theft and refund fraud. In a statement from the IRS, the agency explained the ...

Brady, Roskam Demand Answers After IRS Admits to Destroying More Hard Drives

January 22, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC – After recent news that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has destroyed more protected documents, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) sent a letter today to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. The Chairmen called for information regarding ...

Brady Calls on IRS to Immediately Improve Customer Service

January 14, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report today providing new details on the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) self-admitted "abysmal" level of customer service provided to American taxpayers. Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) sharply criticized the IRS and ...

Ways and Means Chairmen Call On IRS to Quickly Implement GAO Recommendations to Protect Taxpayers

January 13, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released two new reports regarding serious flaws in the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) audit selection processes. GAO confirmed that these flaws mean the IRS could continue to unfairly target American taxpayers based on their political beliefs and other First Amendment protected views. House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin ...

Brady and Roskam Call on IRS to Focus on Helping American Taxpayers

January 6, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R- IL) expressed concern after reviewing the National Taxpayer Advocate’s annual report to Congress about the most serious problems taxpayers face when dealing with the ...

Chairman Brady Announces Republican Subcommittee Chairs, Members

November 18, 2015

Washington, DC — Today Kevin Brady, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, announced the selection of new subcommittee chairs and subcommittee assignments for Republican Members of the committee. The new assignments were necessitated by the election of former committee chairman Paul Ryan as Speaker of the House, Brady’s selection to ...

Ryan Statement on Closing of IRS Investigation

October 23, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement after the Department of Justice announced that it is closing its investigation of the IRS's improper targeting of conservative groups. "While predictable coming from this administration, this news is still deeply disappointing. Over the past ...