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onenote

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3. The House doesn't have to vote. The Chair of the Ways & Means Committee

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Fri Feb 1, 2019, 08:00 AM

Feb 2019

(among others) can demand them from the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to subsection (f) of the following statutory provision:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/6103

Of course, while the statute says the Secretary of the Treasury "shall" provide the returns, you can bet your bottom dollar that Steve Mnuchin will ignore or refuse to comply with the request, setting up a court battle.

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Question [View all] Seedersandleechers Feb 2019 OP

This is probably a question for lawyers, but I'll give my opinion manor321 Feb 2019 #1

I was thinking that perhaps Seedersandleechers Feb 2019 #2

The House doesn't have to vote. The Chair of the Ways & Means Committee onenote Feb 2019 #3

I would think the IRS would have to supply them when asked scarytomcat Feb 2019 #4

They don't come from him; they come from the IRS brooklynite Feb 2019 #5