House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany, Jr., M.D, (R-LA) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today announced that the subcommittees will hold a joint hearing on the verification system for income and eligibility for tax credits under the President’s health care law. The hearing will take place on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 10:30 A.M In view of the limited time available to hear from witnesses, oral... Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement after the IRS announced that it would scrap the proposed 501(c)(4) rules it released last fall. “During this Committee’s investigation, we exposed the true intent of this rule – to silence the voice of conservative non-profit groups. We also uncovered the fact that this rule was purposefully kept out of the public’s view and developed offline. This proposed rule was wrong from the start. The American p... Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced that one year into the investigation of the IRS targeting and abusing conservative groups, the agency has agreed to turn over all Lois Lerner emails to the Committee. Lerner is a central figure in the investigation and served as Director of Exempt Organizations at the IRS. “While it is good that we are finally getting these emails, it should never have taken this long. The agency is finally doing what is right and hopeful... Read more

Good morning and welcome to the Subcommittee on Oversight’s hearing on the Internal Revenue Service’s operation and budget. This filing season, million of taxpayers across America have struggled to meet their tax filing obligations. Doing so has become harder over time, as the tax code grows in complexity, forcing taxpayers to spend over 6 billion hours and $160 billion every single year to comply with its filing requirements. At the IRS, hardworking public servants also bear the weight of Ameri... Read more

Hearing on Internal Revenue Service Operations and the 2014 Tax Return Filing Season _____________________________________ HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ________________________ May 7, 2014 __________________ SERIAL 113-OS8 __________________ Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS DAVE CAMP, Michigan,Chairman SAM JOHNSON, Texa... Read more

Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-LA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the 2014 tax return filing season. The hearing will take place on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Room 1100 of the Longworth house Office Building, beginning at 10:30 A.M. The Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the Honorable John Koskinen, will be the only witnes... Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) and Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) wrote to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Acting Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Carolyn Colvin regarding media reports that adults who may have once received Social Security benefits as children were having their tax refunds withheld by Treasury for overpayments made to their parents decades ago. Parents of some of... Read more

Washington, DC – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced that the Committee, acting under its authority granted in Sec. 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code, voted out a criminal referral letter to Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Eric Holder regarding actions taken by IRS employee Lois Lerner. Chairman Camp, in sending the letter on behalf of the Committee, urged Holder to take a serious review of the evidence uncovered through the Committee’s investig... Read more

Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement: “Today, I am announcing that I will not seek re-election to the United States House of Representatives. This decision was reached after much consideration and discussion with my family. “Serving in Congress is the great honor of my professional life. I am deeply grateful to the people of the 4th Congressional District for placing their trust in me. Over the years, their unwavering support has been a source ... Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement in response to reports that an IRS employee took personal data out of the agency. "In the past, the IRS has released personal taxpayer information to the public, and has not been able to effectively prevent and detect identity theft. This latest report is concerning. The IRS has repeatedly broken the American people’s trust, and the Ways and Means Committee will take a thorough look into this ... Read more