GOP Leaders Accuse IRS E-File Study Experts of Partisanship (1)

March 6, 2023, 5:17 PM UTCUpdated: March 6, 2023, 9:00 PM UTC

Republican leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee suggested Monday that the expert and think tank chosen by the IRS to impartially conduct a feasibility study on creating a free online agency tool people can use to file taxes would return partisan conclusions.

The agency announced last month that the think tank New America and Loyola Law School Professor Ariel Jurow Kleiman would lead the study.

“Plain and simple – New America and Professor Jurow-Kleiman are neither objective nor independent third parties,” said the letter addressed to acting IRS Commissioner Douglas O’Donnell and signed by Committee Chairman Jason ...

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