Democrats call for appointment of permanent IRS watchdog | TheHill

Two top Democrats on the House's tax-writing committee are pressing the Trump administration to promptly appoint a new permanent national taxpayer advocate ahead of the opening of the tax-filing season. “This will be the first filing season the IRS will start without a permanent National Taxpayer Advocate in place in nearly 20 years," House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) and Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-Ga.) said in a statement on Thursday. ....
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