House Republicans Want Superfund Tax Penalties Waived In 2022

A group of 13 House Republicans wants the IRS to waive failure-to-pay and failure-to-file penalties for taxpayers who make a good faith effort to comply with the July 1 re-implementation of the Superfund tax, an excise tax on chemicals directly tied to contamination at sites designated by the federal government as Superfund sites.

In an April 8 letter to IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig, the signers asked Rettig to, “leverage the authority given to you under law to ease the burden imposed by the short effective date of the Superfund tax,” which they say would allow taxpayers to, “offer input ...