Is It Worth It For Congress To Obtain Trump’s Tax Returns By Force?
"A person’s tax return is confidential.
"The Internal Revenue Service takes this very seriously as no one has leaked President Trump’s tax return to this day.
"However,
Section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code specifies certain instances where someone’s tax return must be disclosed.
"The section states that the IRS must provide anyone’s tax return to the chairman (and only to the chairman) of the House Ways And Means Committee upon request.
"The entire committee can review the tax return in a closed executive session away from the public.
"Section 6103 does not state that a House Ways And Means Committee member is authorized to release a tax return to the public.
" But it allows the committee to forward the returns to the full House or the Senate.
"Professor Andy Grewal stated that by voting to release the returns to the full House, the committee can effectively release the tax return to the public."