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Trump's Tax Returns and the Law

[quote]26 U.S. Code § 6103. Confidentiality and disclosure of returns and return information

(a) General rule

Returns and return information shall be confidential, and except as authorized by this title

(f) Disclosure to Committees of Congress

(1) Committee on Ways and Means, Committee on Finance, and Joint Committee on Taxation

[b]Upon written request from the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives[/b], the chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate, or the chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation, [b]the Secretary [u]shall[/u] furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request[/b], except that any return or return information which can be associated with, or otherwise identify, directly or indirectly, a particular taxpayer shall be furnished to such committee only when sitting in closed executive session unless such taxpayer otherwise consents in writing to such disclosure.

(2) Chief of Staff of Joint Committee on Taxation

Upon written request by the Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Secretary shall furnish him with any return or return information specified in such request. Such Chief of Staff may submit such return or return information to any committee described in paragraph (1), except that any return or return information which can be associated with, or otherwise identify, directly or indirectly, a particular taxpayer shall be furnished to such committee only when sitting in closed executive session unless such taxpayer otherwise consents in writing to such disclosure.

(3) Other committees

Pursuant to an action by, and upon written request by the chairman of, a committee of the Senate or the House of Representatives (other than a committee specified in paragraph (1)) specially authorized to inspect any return or return information by a resolution of the Senate or the House of Representatives or, in the case of a joint committee (other than the joint committee specified in paragraph (1)) by concurrent resolution, the Secretary shall furnish such committee, or a duly authorized and designated subcommittee thereof, sitting in closed executive session, with any return or return information which such resolution authorizes the committee or subcommittee to inspect. Any resolution described in this paragraph shall specify the purpose for which the return or return information is to be furnished and that such information cannot reasonably be obtained from any other source.[/quote]

[i]emphasis added[/i]

Note the words: "shall furnish..."

Not "[i]may[/i] furnish" but "[b][u]shall[/u][/b] furnish."

And nothing in there if "the president doesn't want a return released," either.

Even President Richard Nixon was smart enough not to challenge Congress when [i]his[/i] returns were requested from the IRS.

Further reading:
https://www.jct.gov/publications.html?func=startdown&id=5159
lily88mercy · 26-30, F
@beckyromero

Hiya, Becky. I guess what flummoxes me is that the heads of the IRS and the Departments of the Treasury and Justice are going along with this bullshit with claims that: "We have to see if the request from Congress is based on the Constitution".

WTF ???????

Holy Mother of the Flatulent Herds of Dairy Cows!!! Why can't the rest of us poor sod busters make that claim when the IRS puts an audit on our mom and pop businesses?

My dad has an engineering firm and when he got an audit and asked for more time to have an auditor first review his records the IRS told him to go fuck himself and said if he didn't comply like RIGHT NOW they were gonna take him to court, throw him in jail, and fine him so much in penalties he'd need four future generations so pay them off.

Is that fair? Geez, if The Donald gets away with this I'll be ready to put on a MAGA hat.
windinhishair · 61-69, M
Mulvaney must be relying on TrumpSpeak, where "shall" means "only if I want to".

The Code does call for the tax returns for individual taxpayers to be kept in closed executive session, which is appropriate. Trump will refuse and will be taken to court, where he will lose.
lily88mercy · 26-30, F
@beckyromero
Geez, Becky, you have your hands full responding to RebelWolf. In his last comment on the crisis of immigration he said there were 20 billion illegal immigrants here in America and 99% of them are rapists, murderers, and drug dealers.....and got those facts straight from The Donald, who he's personal friends with. It's a puzzle since stats show there's about 325 million of us here in the states. I'm so alarmed that I'm going to the next MAGA rally to donate all my allowance.

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beckyromero · 36-40, F
lily88mercy · 26-30, F
@beckyromero 👍️

Thank you for posting this, Becky. I was puzzled about Trump's claim that Congress had no legal right to see his returns when they were currently being audited by the IRS. I don't see any exclusions in these regs that prevent a review of records when they are being audited. It was my impression that the IRS and Treasury Department were supposed to cooperate with with groups like Congress and law enforcement.
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beckyromero · 36-40, F
@WindOfAdolf

Where were you in 2016? Stranded with Ginger and Mary Ann on uncharted South Pacific island?

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26,567 U.S. Code § [c=#BF0000]RED[/c] "Watch out for that Becky Romero, she may be on to us! (Shall I flood the chamber??" Not for the minute....but watch her closely and wait for my signal).
Has there been a formal request by the chairman to Trump ?
UserNameSW · 46-50, M
@MarmeeMarch the request is made to the IRS not the tax payer.
The request was made as required by legislation
@UserNameSW Oh - so can the IRS release that info to whoever is making the request ?
UserNameSW · 46-50, M
@MarmeeMarch if the request comes from House Ways and Means Committee chair the law states is shall be furnished

 
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