Tax Policy (115th Congress)

Tax Policy

The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Tax Policy shall consist of those revenue measures that, from time to time, shall be referred to it specifically by the Chairman of the full Committee.

Recent Activity

Neal Statement on IRS Technical Issues

Apr 17, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on reports of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) technical problems:

W&M Dems, GOP Introduce Package of Bills to Redesign IRS

Apr 10, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Ranking Member John Lewis (D-GA) and Oversight Chairman Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) released a package of bills to redesign the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the first time in over 20 years.

Lewis, Jenkins Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve the IRS

Mar 26, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member John Lewis (D-GA) and Chairman Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) released a discussion draft entitled “The Taxpayer First Act.” This bipartisan legislation will propose ways to improve the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the first time since 1998.

Ranking Member Lewis said:

Post Tax Reform Evaluation of Recently Expired Tax Provisions

Mar 14, 2018 Hearing

Neal Urges Business Leaders to Invest Tax Windfall in Employees’ Retirements

Mar 6, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) sent a letter to Business Roundtable Chairman Jamie Dimon encouraging companies to help their workers weather the United States’ retirement crisis and invest savings they received from Republicans’ $2.3 trillion tax law in their employees’ pensions or 401(k) plans.

Ways and Means Democrats Question Possibility of Politically-Motivated IRS Overreach

Mar 5, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, 11 Democratic members of the Ways and Means Committee sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner David Kautter requesting an explanation for the agency’s decision to create restrictions on the prepayment of 2017 property taxes that are not included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA).