Reality Sets In

[Eric Arthur Blair]

uh-huh.... what has leaked from the house investigations so far? not counting nunes' intentional memo release?

c'mon... what?

You have to have something worth leaking, moron, before you release it to your allies like they did the Steele dossier.
Democrat leaks on Trump-Russia dossier mislead media

 

[playtime]

'...The House effectively delegates its oversight responsibilities to its committees which can issue subpoenas for documents or testimony from the executive branch. In the matter of tax returns, the law could not be more clear (see Code sec. 6103(f)): Upon written request by either the Chairman of either the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee, the Treasury Secretary “shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request.” The Ways and Means Committee may share these tax returns and related information with the full House, assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so.

Congress gave itself the right to review any return or return information in 1924, in the aftermath of two controversies. One was the Teapot Dome scandal, where senior officials in the Harding Administration granted public oil field leases in exchange for bribes. The other involved allegations that Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon continued to own many business interests while serving in government. Some believed the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the precursor to the IRS, showed favoritism to the secretary and his businesses.
[...]

Congress Can And Should Demand President Trump's Tax Returns

"assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so"

What would be legitimate purpose of requesting his tax returns?

perhaps in part due to cohen's testimony regarding trump's his income manipulation & the docs & paper work he has already submitted...

Cohen's testimony? LOL

Cohen that said "I have lied, but I am not a liar", and going to jail for lying to Congress?

You do realize we're talking about legitimate purpose for requesting his tax return? Cohen's testimony does not provide legitimate proof, and "documents & paperwork" you talking about are non existent, otherwise it would be all over Democrat Party media already.

except you are forgetting that cohen also likes to tape & save hard copy evidence... he submitted some during the public hearing & then brought this to the closed session to back up his testimony:

& of course who knows what else there could be.............
[...]
In a letter to Congress Thursday, Cohen's lawyers said their client has cooperated with both federal investigators and lawmakers. They wrote he would have a difficult time gathering the documents and participating in the interviews investigators have requested before he is set to start his prison sentence next month. They said the president's former attorney needs to be "readily accessible and immediately available" for congressional investigators because he recently was able to access the hard drive with "important documents."

"Said drive contains over 14 million files, which consist of all e-mails, voice recordings, images, and attachments from Mr. Cohen's computers and phones," attorneys Lanny Davis, Michael Monico and Carly Chocron wrote. "To date, Mr. Cohen has located several documents that we believe have significant value to the various congressional oversight and investigation committees."
[...]

Michael Cohen says he has 14 million files of "significant value" in bid for lighter sentence - CBS News

 

[playtime]

how am i supposta know?

You obviously don't know and have made that clear.

the question was 'what law' i furnished the answer. you'll hafta ask the chairman of the house ways & means committee who is reciting it.

The questions was which law forces Donald Trump to reveal his private tax returns
and you've just cited a law which you plainly admit you know nothing about so that's really no answer at all.
Because you have no idea if it forces Trump to expose his tax returns or not.

Clearly democrat spear carrier Richard Neal is not claiming this law forces Trump to reveal his private information or this law would have been invoked the very second the shitbag democrats took control of the House.

Thanks for admitting you are parroting information without any knowledge of the information itself. That was a big help.

oh bullshit. the poster asked....now get this.... WHAT LAW? i answered.... are you listening..... WHAT LAW. that's it. that's all. i am not a lawyer.... are YOU? if you are gonna get on my case because you wanna play partisan politics, go ahead. but you are being silly for doing so.

Not really, he didn't ask for just any law, he was being specific, and the question was:

"Which law forces Donald Trump to reveal his private tax returns?"

The law you cited doesn't do that.

i cited it because that is the law they are going on.

You did not quoted the section of the actual law. You posted link to NYT interpretation of the law.

Given that I already provided a link to the law itself, I assume you can find the exact section, paragraph, that you quote it, or screenshot it, and post the actual words from the law here, not some bullshit opinion.

Unrelated, I noticed that you or someone else, highlighted word "shall" earlier. Lets not forget that word in the future when discussing the second amendment.

i am not a lawyer. why don't you relax & wait to see what happens now like i am? are you worried? why? & if not... why are you so hell bent to dissuade the idea that it can be enforced? oh & nice deflection about the 2nd amendment.... i have firearms in my home - so whatever stupid point you were trying to make - failed.

 

[Ame®icano]

'...The House effectively delegates its oversight responsibilities to its committees which can issue subpoenas for documents or testimony from the executive branch. In the matter of tax returns, the law could not be more clear (see Code sec. 6103(f)): Upon written request by either the Chairman of either the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee, the Treasury Secretary “shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request.” The Ways and Means Committee may share these tax returns and related information with the full House, assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so.

Congress gave itself the right to review any return or return information in 1924, in the aftermath of two controversies. One was the Teapot Dome scandal, where senior officials in the Harding Administration granted public oil field leases in exchange for bribes. The other involved allegations that Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon continued to own many business interests while serving in government. Some believed the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the precursor to the IRS, showed favoritism to the secretary and his businesses.
[...]

Congress Can And Should Demand President Trump's Tax Returns

"assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so"

What would be legitimate purpose of requesting his tax returns?

It is right here, the legitimate reasons, in the Chairman's request and the following 4 pages of explanations.

Read it, please.

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthe...fca455b44e383714434/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

What you presented above is not the letter of the law.

Cite the law, not the New York Times interpretation of the law.

Click on link below, where is the law itself. Use CTRL+F and find the exact text as is quoted above.

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

When you find it, post it here, exactly what the law says.

well - here is the letter by the chair to the IRS... apparently the law exists, otherwise it wouldn't be cited &requested:

Rep. Richard Neal Letter to IRS Commissioner Charles P. Rettig

Rep Neal can put in letter whatever he wants. He referred to the law that doesn't give him authority he think and says he has.

Why don't you check what law actually says and than come back here. It's not that hard, I provided the link to the law earlier, cite the sections Rep Neal is referring to.

 

[playtime]

'...The House effectively delegates its oversight responsibilities to its committees which can issue subpoenas for documents or testimony from the executive branch. In the matter of tax returns, the law could not be more clear (see Code sec. 6103(f)): Upon written request by either the Chairman of either the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee, the Treasury Secretary “shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request.” The Ways and Means Committee may share these tax returns and related information with the full House, assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so.

Congress gave itself the right to review any return or return information in 1924, in the aftermath of two controversies. One was the Teapot Dome scandal, where senior officials in the Harding Administration granted public oil field leases in exchange for bribes. The other involved allegations that Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon continued to own many business interests while serving in government. Some believed the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the precursor to the IRS, showed favoritism to the secretary and his businesses.
[...]

Congress Can And Should Demand President Trump's Tax Returns

"assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so"

What would be legitimate purpose of requesting his tax returns?

It is right here, the legitimate reasons, in the Chairman's request and the following 4 pages of explanations.

Read it, please.

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthe...fca455b44e383714434/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

What you presented above is not the letter of the law.

Cite the law, not the New York Times interpretation of the law.

Click on link below, where is the law itself. Use CTRL+F and find the exact text as is quoted above.

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

When you find it, post it here, exactly what the law says.

well - here is the letter by the chair to the IRS... apparently the law exists, otherwise it wouldn't be cited &requested:

Rep. Richard Neal Letter to IRS Commissioner Charles P. Rettig

Rep Neal can put in letter whatever he wants. He referred to the law that doesn't give him authority he think and says he has.

Why don't you check what law actually says and than come back here. It's not that hard, I provided the link to the law earlier, cite the sections Rep Neal is referring to.

that's not in my job description per soros' message board poster manual.

if there is no legit reason, then there's nothing to fear.

 

[Care4all]

'...The House effectively delegates its oversight responsibilities to its committees which can issue subpoenas for documents or testimony from the executive branch. In the matter of tax returns, the law could not be more clear (see Code sec. 6103(f)): Upon written request by either the Chairman of either the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee, the Treasury Secretary “shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request.” The Ways and Means Committee may share these tax returns and related information with the full House, assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so.

Congress gave itself the right to review any return or return information in 1924, in the aftermath of two controversies. One was the Teapot Dome scandal, where senior officials in the Harding Administration granted public oil field leases in exchange for bribes. The other involved allegations that Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon continued to own many business interests while serving in government. Some believed the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the precursor to the IRS, showed favoritism to the secretary and his businesses.
[...]

Congress Can And Should Demand President Trump's Tax Returns

"assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so"

What would be legitimate purpose of requesting his tax returns?

It is right here, the legitimate reasons, in the Chairman's request and the following 4 pages of explanations.

Read it, please.

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthe...fca455b44e383714434/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

What you presented above is not the letter of the law.

Cite the law, not the New York Times interpretation of the law.

Click on link below, where is the law itself. Use CTRL+F and find the exact text as is quoted above.

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

When you find it, post it here, exactly what the law says.

FROM YOUR LINK

6103 f


(f) Disclosure to Committees of Congress


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


Upon written request from the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate, or the chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Secretary shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request, 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.

 

[miketx]

'...The House effectively delegates its oversight responsibilities to its committees which can issue subpoenas for documents or testimony from the executive branch. In the matter of tax returns, the law could not be more clear (see Code sec. 6103(f)): Upon written request by either the Chairman of either the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee, the Treasury Secretary “shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request.” The Ways and Means Committee may share these tax returns and related information with the full House, assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so.

Congress gave itself the right to review any return or return information in 1924, in the aftermath of two controversies. One was the Teapot Dome scandal, where senior officials in the Harding Administration granted public oil field leases in exchange for bribes. The other involved allegations that Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon continued to own many business interests while serving in government. Some believed the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the precursor to the IRS, showed favoritism to the secretary and his businesses.
[...]

Congress Can And Should Demand President Trump's Tax Returns

"assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so"

What would be legitimate purpose of requesting his tax returns?

It is right here, the legitimate reasons, in the Chairman's request and the following 4 pages of explanations.

Read it, please.

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthe...fca455b44e383714434/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

What you presented above is not the letter of the law.

Cite the law, not the New York Times interpretation of the law.

Click on link below, where is the law itself. Use CTRL+F and find the exact text as is quoted above.

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

When you find it, post it here, exactly what the law says.

6103 f


(f) Disclosure to Committees of Congress


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


Upon written request from the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate, or the chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Secretary shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request, 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.

fake.

 

[skookerasbil]

Is "Trump Derangement Syndrome" a Real Mental Condition?

 

[skookerasbil]

'...The House effectively delegates its oversight responsibilities to its committees which can issue subpoenas for documents or testimony from the executive branch. In the matter of tax returns, the law could not be more clear (see Code sec. 6103(f)): Upon written request by either the Chairman of either the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee, the Treasury Secretary “shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request.” The Ways and Means Committee may share these tax returns and related information with the full House, assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so.

Congress gave itself the right to review any return or return information in 1924, in the aftermath of two controversies. One was the Teapot Dome scandal, where senior officials in the Harding Administration granted public oil field leases in exchange for bribes. The other involved allegations that Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon continued to own many business interests while serving in government. Some believed the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the precursor to the IRS, showed favoritism to the secretary and his businesses.
[...]

Congress Can And Should Demand President Trump's Tax Returns

"assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so"

What would be legitimate purpose of requesting his tax returns?

perhaps in part due to cohen's testimony regarding trump's his income manipulation & the docs & paper work he has already submitted...

Cohen's testimony? LOL

Cohen that said "I have lied, but I am not a liar", and going to jail for lying to Congress?

You do realize we're talking about legitimate purpose for requesting his tax return? Cohen's testimony does not provide legitimate proof, and "documents & paperwork" you talking about are non existent, otherwise it would be all over Democrat Party media already.

except you are forgetting that cohen also likes to tape & save hard copy evidence... he submitted some during the public hearing & then brought this to the closed session to back up his testimony:

& of course who knows what else there could be.............
[...]
In a letter to Congress Thursday, Cohen's lawyers said their client has cooperated with both federal investigators and lawmakers. They wrote he would have a difficult time gathering the documents and participating in the interviews investigators have requested before he is set to start his prison sentence next month. They said the president's former attorney needs to be "readily accessible and immediately available" for congressional investigators because he recently was able to access the hard drive with "important documents."

"Said drive contains over 14 million files, which consist of all e-mails, voice recordings, images, and attachments from Mr. Cohen's computers and phones," attorneys Lanny Davis, Michael Monico and Carly Chocron wrote. "To date, Mr. Cohen has located several documents that we believe have significant value to the various congressional oversight and investigation committees."
[...]

Michael Cohen says he has 14 million files of "significant value" in bid for lighter sentence - CBS News

Oh Gawd......

Nobody cares about Mike Cohen any more.

People....why let this so dominate your life? Get a hobby or some real responsibilities in life.....at a minimum it insulates you from those profound moments of deep misery. I mean....c'mon now!

 

[Care4all]

'...The House effectively delegates its oversight responsibilities to its committees which can issue subpoenas for documents or testimony from the executive branch. In the matter of tax returns, the law could not be more clear (see Code sec. 6103(f)): Upon written request by either the Chairman of either the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee, the Treasury Secretary “shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request.” The Ways and Means Committee may share these tax returns and related information with the full House, assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so.

Congress gave itself the right to review any return or return information in 1924, in the aftermath of two controversies. One was the Teapot Dome scandal, where senior officials in the Harding Administration granted public oil field leases in exchange for bribes. The other involved allegations that Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon continued to own many business interests while serving in government. Some believed the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the precursor to the IRS, showed favoritism to the secretary and his businesses.
[...]

Congress Can And Should Demand President Trump's Tax Returns

"assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so"

What would be legitimate purpose of requesting his tax returns?

It is right here, the legitimate reasons, in the Chairman's request and the following 4 pages of explanations.

Read it, please.

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthe...fca455b44e383714434/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

What you presented above is not the letter of the law.

Cite the law, not the New York Times interpretation of the law.

Click on link below, where is the law itself. Use CTRL+F and find the exact text as is quoted above.

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

When you find it, post it here, exactly what the law says.

6103 f


(f) Disclosure to Committees of Congress


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


Upon written request from the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate, or the chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Secretary shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request, 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.

fake.

what's fake? He asked me to find it, in the law he posted and copy it to his post? Well, I found it, in the link HE GAVE of the law, copied it, and pasted it to his post....

there is nothing fake about it, silly willy!

 

[Care4all]

People....why let this so dominate your life? Get a hobby or some real responsibilities in life.....at a minimum it insulates you from those profound moments of deep misery.

It's your FAULT!!!!

You guys stay silent or even join in with him, when he blatantly lies or is crooked or is unpatriotic like in Helsinki... or is lawless!!

That makes us having to scream and yell about it, twice as loud, making up for your tone-deaf silence, and blind lock step allegiance!!!

 

[justoffal]

lawlessness and obfuscation by the president and his crew is not something to be proud of....

What law says he has to release them

There are none....

Jo

 

[SAYIT]

People....why let this so dominate your life? Get a hobby or some real responsibilities in life.....at a minimum it insulates you from those profound moments of deep misery.

It's your FAULT!!!!

You guys stay silent or even join in with him, when he blatantly lies or is crooked or is unpatriotic like in Helsinki... or is lawless!!

That makes us having to scream and yell about it, twice as loud, making up for your tone-deaf silence, and blind lock step allegiance!!!

You seem more than a bit unhinged. Some have had the good sense to seek professional help for their TDS. You clearly are not one of 'em.

Chelsea Handler says she went into therapy after Trump's win

Comedian Chelsea Handler said Friday that she began seeing a therapist after President Trump's 2016 election win, and said she turned to marijuana to deal with the shock.

Handler appeared on Friday's episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher," where she told Maher that Trump's election victory made her feel "unhinged" and violently angry.

“I had to pay a psychiatrist to listen to me b**tch about Donald Trump for about the first three weeks,” Handler said.

 

[Ame®icano]

'...The House effectively delegates its oversight responsibilities to its committees which can issue subpoenas for documents or testimony from the executive branch. In the matter of tax returns, the law could not be more clear (see Code sec. 6103(f)): Upon written request by either the Chairman of either the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee, the Treasury Secretary “shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request.” The Ways and Means Committee may share these tax returns and related information with the full House, assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so.

Congress gave itself the right to review any return or return information in 1924, in the aftermath of two controversies. One was the Teapot Dome scandal, where senior officials in the Harding Administration granted public oil field leases in exchange for bribes. The other involved allegations that Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon continued to own many business interests while serving in government. Some believed the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the precursor to the IRS, showed favoritism to the secretary and his businesses.
[...]

Congress Can And Should Demand President Trump's Tax Returns

"assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so"

What would be legitimate purpose of requesting his tax returns?

It is right here, the legitimate reasons, in the Chairman's request and the following 4 pages of explanations.

Read it, please.

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthe...fca455b44e383714434/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

What you presented above is not the letter of the law.

Cite the law, not the New York Times interpretation of the law.

Click on link below, where is the law itself. Use CTRL+F and find the exact text as is quoted above.

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

When you find it, post it here, exactly what the law says.

FROM YOUR LINK

6103 f


(f) Disclosure to Committees of Congress


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


Upon written request from the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate, or the chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Secretary shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request, 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.

You got it this time. You can't pick and chose section you like, and ignore what you dislike.

Read it as many times is needed to understand what part was omitted by NYT and others in order to fool you into believing you have a case here. I don't expect you to understand it all, bat at least try. If you still have trouble understanding the text, I'm sure there are few of us that could help.

 

[Ame®icano]

'...The House effectively delegates its oversight responsibilities to its committees which can issue subpoenas for documents or testimony from the executive branch. In the matter of tax returns, the law could not be more clear (see Code sec. 6103(f)): Upon written request by either the Chairman of either the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee, the Treasury Secretary “shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request.” The Ways and Means Committee may share these tax returns and related information with the full House, assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so.

Congress gave itself the right to review any return or return information in 1924, in the aftermath of two controversies. One was the Teapot Dome scandal, where senior officials in the Harding Administration granted public oil field leases in exchange for bribes. The other involved allegations that Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon continued to own many business interests while serving in government. Some believed the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the precursor to the IRS, showed favoritism to the secretary and his businesses.
[...]

Congress Can And Should Demand President Trump's Tax Returns

"assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so"

What would be legitimate purpose of requesting his tax returns?

It is right here, the legitimate reasons, in the Chairman's request and the following 4 pages of explanations.

Read it, please.

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthe...fca455b44e383714434/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

What you presented above is not the letter of the law.

Cite the law, not the New York Times interpretation of the law.

Click on link below, where is the law itself. Use CTRL+F and find the exact text as is quoted above.

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

When you find it, post it here, exactly what the law says.

6103 f


(f) Disclosure to Committees of Congress


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


Upon written request from the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate, or the chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Secretary shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request, 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.

fake.

It's not fake, this is, in fact, the text of the law.

The problem is, the left tend to select only parts of the law that they like, or that they agree with. The law doesn't work that way.

 

[Care4all]

'...The House effectively delegates its oversight responsibilities to its committees which can issue subpoenas for documents or testimony from the executive branch. In the matter of tax returns, the law could not be more clear (see Code sec. 6103(f)): Upon written request by either the Chairman of either the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee, the Treasury Secretary “shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request.” The Ways and Means Committee may share these tax returns and related information with the full House, assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so.

Congress gave itself the right to review any return or return information in 1924, in the aftermath of two controversies. One was the Teapot Dome scandal, where senior officials in the Harding Administration granted public oil field leases in exchange for bribes. The other involved allegations that Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon continued to own many business interests while serving in government. Some believed the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the precursor to the IRS, showed favoritism to the secretary and his businesses.
[...]

Congress Can And Should Demand President Trump's Tax Returns

"assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so"

What would be legitimate purpose of requesting his tax returns?

It is right here, the legitimate reasons, in the Chairman's request and the following 4 pages of explanations.

Read it, please.

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthe...fca455b44e383714434/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

What you presented above is not the letter of the law.

Cite the law, not the New York Times interpretation of the law.

Click on link below, where is the law itself. Use CTRL+F and find the exact text as is quoted above.

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

When you find it, post it here, exactly what the law says.

FROM YOUR LINK

6103 f


(f) Disclosure to Committees of Congress


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


Upon written request from the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate, or the chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Secretary shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request, 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.

You got it this time. You can't pick and chose section you like, and ignore what you dislike.

Read it as many times is needed to understand what part was omitted by NYT and others in order to fool you into believing you have a case here. I don't expect you to understand it all, bat at least try. If you still have trouble understanding the text, I'm sure there are few of us that could help.

the chairman can request it, the IRS director/treasury, shall provide it, the chairman and committee can only view it in a closed door or secret setting if the tax payer does not give consent for them to be public.... they stay confidential/classified, and are not subject to FOIA requests.

What part did I not understand?

 

[Ame®icano]

'...The House effectively delegates its oversight responsibilities to its committees which can issue subpoenas for documents or testimony from the executive branch. In the matter of tax returns, the law could not be more clear (see Code sec. 6103(f)): Upon written request by either the Chairman of either the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee, the Treasury Secretary “shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request.” The Ways and Means Committee may share these tax returns and related information with the full House, assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so.

Congress gave itself the right to review any return or return information in 1924, in the aftermath of two controversies. One was the Teapot Dome scandal, where senior officials in the Harding Administration granted public oil field leases in exchange for bribes. The other involved allegations that Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon continued to own many business interests while serving in government. Some believed the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the precursor to the IRS, showed favoritism to the secretary and his businesses.
[...]

Congress Can And Should Demand President Trump's Tax Returns

"assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so"

What would be legitimate purpose of requesting his tax returns?

perhaps in part due to cohen's testimony regarding trump's his income manipulation & the docs & paper work he has already submitted...

Cohen's testimony? LOL

Cohen that said "I have lied, but I am not a liar", and going to jail for lying to Congress?

You do realize we're talking about legitimate purpose for requesting his tax return? Cohen's testimony does not provide legitimate proof, and "documents & paperwork" you talking about are non existent, otherwise it would be all over Democrat Party media already.

except you are forgetting that cohen also likes to tape & save hard copy evidence... he submitted some during the public hearing & then brought this to the closed session to back up his testimony:

& of course who knows what else there could be.............
[...]
In a letter to Congress Thursday, Cohen's lawyers said their client has cooperated with both federal investigators and lawmakers. They wrote he would have a difficult time gathering the documents and participating in the interviews investigators have requested before he is set to start his prison sentence next month. They said the president's former attorney needs to be "readily accessible and immediately available" for congressional investigators because he recently was able to access the hard drive with "important documents."

"Said drive contains over 14 million files, which consist of all e-mails, voice recordings, images, and attachments from Mr. Cohen's computers and phones," attorneys Lanny Davis, Michael Monico and Carly Chocron wrote. "To date, Mr. Cohen has located several documents that we believe have significant value to the various congressional oversight and investigation committees."
[...]

Michael Cohen says he has 14 million files of "significant value" in bid for lighter sentence - CBS News

I'm not forgetting anything. Especially the part where Mueller team stormed Cohen's office about a year ago and got the tapes and documents that could have been used against the president, if they had any proof of wrongdoing.

It seems that the worse "evidence" they had against Trump is a tape they (illegally) leaked to the media, about starting some LLC to use for hush money payouts. Nothing illegal, though.

 

[Ame®icano]

"assuming there is a legitimate purpose for doing so"

What would be legitimate purpose of requesting his tax returns?

It is right here, the legitimate reasons, in the Chairman's request and the following 4 pages of explanations.

Read it, please.

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthe...fca455b44e383714434/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

What you presented above is not the letter of the law.

Cite the law, not the New York Times interpretation of the law.

Click on link below, where is the law itself. Use CTRL+F and find the exact text as is quoted above.

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

When you find it, post it here, exactly what the law says.

FROM YOUR LINK

6103 f


(f) Disclosure to Committees of Congress


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


Upon written request from the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate, or the chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Secretary shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request, 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.

You got it this time. You can't pick and chose section you like, and ignore what you dislike.

Read it as many times is needed to understand what part was omitted by NYT and others in order to fool you into believing you have a case here. I don't expect you to understand it all, bat at least try. If you still have trouble understanding the text, I'm sure there are few of us that could help.

the chairman can request it, the IRS director/treasury, shall provide it, the chairman and committee can only view it in a closed door or secret setting if the tax payer does not give consent for them to be public.... they stay confidential/classified, and are not subject to FOIA requests.

What part did I not understand?

You got that part.

Lets continue, under the same law, there must be a legal reason for request of the tax return.

Do you agree that chairman can't just wake up and say: "Today, I want to see Care4all's tax return, because Monday." Well?

Can you point to the legality of the Rep Neil request.

 

[captkaos]

Trumps finances are no one else’s business but his own...

There was obviously nothing wrong with his Income taxes or the IRS would have caught it by now or are they as inept as the FBI who could not for the lack of trying find anything either. Either these Govt watchdogs are completely inept or "there is no there, there" AGAIN ! Stupidity : Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

 

[Care4all]

It is right here, the legitimate reasons, in the Chairman's request and the following 4 pages of explanations.

Read it, please.

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthe...fca455b44e383714434/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

What you presented above is not the letter of the law.

Cite the law, not the New York Times interpretation of the law.

Click on link below, where is the law itself. Use CTRL+F and find the exact text as is quoted above.

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

When you find it, post it here, exactly what the law says.

FROM YOUR LINK

6103 f


(f) Disclosure to Committees of Congress


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


Upon written request from the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate, or the chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Secretary shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request, 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.

You got it this time. You can't pick and chose section you like, and ignore what you dislike.

Read it as many times is needed to understand what part was omitted by NYT and others in order to fool you into believing you have a case here. I don't expect you to understand it all, bat at least try. If you still have trouble understanding the text, I'm sure there are few of us that could help.

the chairman can request it, the IRS director/treasury, shall provide it, the chairman and committee can only view it in a closed door or secret setting if the tax payer does not give consent for them to be public.... they stay confidential/classified, and are not subject to FOIA requests.

What part did I not understand?

You got that part.

Lets continue, under the same law, there must be a legal reason for request of the tax return.

Do you agree that chairman can't just wake up and say: "Today, I want to see Care4all's tax return, because Monday." Well?

Can you point to the legality of the Rep Neil request.

ohhhhh, well Neal has that covered in his letter... Is the IRS auditing him as President each year in office, as per their agency rules.... if they are not, then he and his committee could create a law to make it mandatory, is just one of them....

Is the IRS letting the president slide on his taxes, because he is the President, congress would be then checking the executive branch...the IRS.... if they are not, then stricter laws may need to be put in place....

He had a whole slew of legitimate reasons listed of why they need them.... all for legislative purposes...