House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) is planning aggressive oversight of the IRS. To that end, he’s established an online form to assist IRS personnel who want to submit information confidentially to the committee. Smith said such information can include concerns, information or documents related to misconduct, maladministration, taxpayer mistreatment, wrongdoing or any other agency matter an employee believes deserves the committee’s attention. As an example, Smith cited the fact that the IRS has repeatedly exposed taxpayer information, which includes twice publishing the confidential information of over 100,000 taxpayers with individual retirement accounts.
