Wyden Says Taxpayers Deserve Protection from Incompetent and Unethical Tax Return Preparers
WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today led a hearing to investigate the threat to taxpayers from incompetent or unethical tax return preparers and to identify potential solutions to protect consumers. The committee heard compelling testimony from IRS commissioner John Koskinen, National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson, the GAO, and credentialed tax return preparers […]
Hatch, Grassley Seek Detail on HHS’ Role in State Health Care Exchange Problems
WASHINGTON – Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah and Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa are seeking details of the federal government’s role in overseeing and offering help to troubled state health care exchanges. “While HHS’s decision to extend the open enrollment period allows states extra time to fix technical glitches, it is unlikely that all of […]
Hatch Opening Statement at Finance Committee Hearing Examining Effective Ways to Protect Taxpayers from Unethical Tax Preparers
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining effective ways to protect taxpayers from incompetent and unethical tax preparers: As we all know, the due date for individuals to complete and file their annual income tax returns is […]
Hearing Statement of Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., On Protecting American Taxpayers from Incompetent and Unethical Tax Preparers
There is just a week to go before the April 15 deadline for filing taxes, and millions of Americans are spending a good portion of the spring struggling to fill out tax forms and digging through piles of receipts in a painful annual ritual. The complexity of the tax code creates an environment where confusion […]
Senators to IRS: End Proposed Agency Rule Designed to Stifle Free Speech
WASHINGTON –Today, the eleven Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee, led by Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), called on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen to put an end to the Obama Administration’s proposed regulation designed to stifle the free speech of groups that have criticized the White House. In a letter, the […]
Hatch On CMS Decision to Scale Back Proposed Medicare Advantage Cuts
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) announced its decision to pare back previously proposed cuts to the market-driven Medicare Advantage (MA) program: “Seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage continue to suffer from the more […]
Opening Statement of Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on the EXPIRE Act of 2014
For the next 13 days, millions of Americans will be searching for receipts, wading through a blizzard of forms and parking themselves for hours in front of their computers doing their taxes. Instead of enjoying spring and the opening days of baseball season, millions of Americans are required by their government to do their tax […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Committee Markup on Tax Extenders Legislation
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee markup on the Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act: To begin, I just want to take a moment to express my appreciation to you, Chairman […]
Wyden Statement on Supreme Court’s Campaign Finance Ruling
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on today’s Supreme Court’s ruling on McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission: “Today, the Supreme Court delivered another massive blow to the nation’s already crumbling system of campaign finance laws. Unlimited corporate and individual spending is corrosive to democracy and undermines the political […]
Hatch: White House Not Telling the Full ObamaCare Story
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement after President Obama delivered remarks on ObamaCare today: “While President Obama touted the seven million enrollment total today he failed to tell Americans the full story. He failed to mention that Congress’s own nonpartisan budget scorekeeper, the […]