{"id":1707653,"date":"2022-10-23T07:56:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T11:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1707653"},"modified":"2022-10-23T09:05:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T13:05:15","slug":"gop-gives-warning-to-irs-thats-been-caught-red-handed-destroying-docs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-gives-warning-to-irs-thats-been-caught-red-handed-destroying-docs\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Gives Warning to IRS That\u2019s Been Caught Red Handed Destroying Docs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-gives-warning-to-irs-thats-been-caught-red-handed-destroying-docs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1707653&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>GOP lawmakers have issued a stark warning to the IRS over their handling of millions of taxpayer filings during the first few months of the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are threatening the agency with increased oversight due to their apparent unwillingness to explain the destruction of 30 million \u201cinformation returns\u201d in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/gop-fires-warning-shot-irs-destruction-taxpayer-filings-ripe-congressional-oversight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Business<\/a>, these returns must be filed by small businesses and other such organizations to inform the IRS of their transactions.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the agency claimed that \u201csoftware limitations\u201d hindered their ability to process those returns, so they decided to simply destroy them.<\/p>\n<p>These supposed \u201climitations\u201d provided a rationale for a larger budget for the agency from Congress, to the tune of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/money\/irs-start-spending-new-80-billion-budget-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$80 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article-trending\" class=\"in-article-more inner-content\">\n<p>Trending:<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article-more-right\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-gives-dire-warning-irs-caught-red-handed-destroying-documents-millions-americans-affected\/\" data-type=\"Internal link\" data-type-location=\"in-content-trending\">GOP Gives Dire Warning to IRS Caught Red-Handed Destroying Documents; Millions of Americans Affected<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Treasury secretary Janet Yellen claimed that the new and improved budget will help the IRS modernize its technology, Fox Business reported.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans on Capitol Hill were not content with the IRS\u2019 explanation and have demanded more information as to why the returns, which require a lot of time and expense to file, were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>GOP requests for such a report have been met with a flat refusal.<\/p>\n<p>GOP members of the House Ways and Means Committee wrote a letter this week to IRS commissioner Charles Rettig demanding answers, Fox Business, reported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<p>Should the IRS have more Congressional oversight?<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\">\n<p>\nYes: 94% (4306 Votes)\n<\/p>\n<p>\nNo: 6% (260 Votes)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The letter, co-signed by Reps. Kevin Brady of Texas and Tom Rice of South Carolina, said, \u201cThe Administration\u2019s refusal to respond to the Committee, engage in a substantive discussion with staff about the request, and ultimately deny access to the decision memorandum obstructs the Congress\u2019 important role to conduct oversight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans argue that the lack of transparency on the issue raises red flags.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the IRS told lawmakers that releasing such a memo would result in a \u201csignificant risk to the agency,\u201d Fox reported.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans aren\u2019t buying it. \u201cThis blanket refusal from the IRS based on a perceived risk to the agency is unacceptable,\u201d Brady and Rice wrote. \u201cCongressional oversight does not stop whenever the executive branch identifies a perceived risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision to destroy information returns diligently prepared by millions of American taxpayers is ripe for congressional oversight.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article-related\" class=\"in-article-more inner-content\">\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article-more-right\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/photographer-snaps-ultra-close-ant-ever-seen-anything-else-terrifying\/\" data-type=\"Internal link\" data-type-location=\"in-content-related\">Photographer Snaps Ultra Close-Up of Ant &#8211; Have You Ever Seen Anything Else This Terrifying?<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This latest instance of GOP ire toward the IRS is one in a long line of grievances.<\/p>\n<p>GOP lawmakers have heavily resisted the agency\u2019s efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-senators-fight-back-bidens-attempt-irs-monitor-americans-bank-accounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">monitor<\/a> the bank accounts of citizens under the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have also decried the new IRS budget, which would see the agency hire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/money\/irs-start-spending-new-80-billion-budget-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">50,000<\/a> new employees over the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>The IRS has even faced scrutiny from certain <a href=\"https:\/\/pascrell.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats<\/a> over their actions and practices.<\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-45689\" class=\"author-info inner-content\">\n<div class=\"author-image\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/jmccann\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FB_IMG_1664228084472-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP lawmakers have issued a stark warning to the IRS over their handling of millions of taxpayer filings during the first few months of the Biden administration. Republicans are threatening<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1899071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1707653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1707653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1899071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1707653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1707653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1707653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}