Support the Don’t Weaponize the IRS Act, S. 1777
On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to cosponsor the Don’t Weaponize the IRS Act, S. 1777, introduced by Sen. Mike…
Congress Reins in IRS Abuse of Federal Forfeiture Laws
Last week, the Senate very quietly passed the Taxpayer First Act, H.R. 3151. The bill, which now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature, seeks to improve…
Key Vote NO on S.J.Res. 64 – Disapproval Resolution to Weaken Free Speech and Privacy Protections
On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and urge them to vote NO on S.J.Res. 64, the disapproval resolution under the Congressional Review Act…
A Last Shot at Reining in IRS Abuse of Asset Forfeiture in the 115th Congress
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a long, well-documented history of abusing federal forfeiture laws. They seize assets from innocent Americans on the mere suspicion of malfeasance. If the IRS…
Top 3 Percent of Tax Filers Pay 51 Percent of Individual Income Taxes
Americans often hear from radical leftists that “the rich need to pay their fair share” of income taxes. The rhetoric is hard to avoid. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) based partly…
Ways and Means Republicans Demand Answers from DOJ on Refusal to Return Wrongfully Seized Money
Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee want to know why the Department of Justice (DOJ) has denied petitions by Americans whose money was seized by the Internal Revenue…
Support the Preserving Taxpayers’ Rights Act, H.R. 3220
On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to support the Preserving Taxpayers’ Rights Act, H.R. 3220, introduced by Rep.
If You Build the Blockchain, Regulators Will Come
The hardest part of drafting any new regulation is establishing a definition. In fact, most of the policy work is in the definition and there are alarmingly few policy considerations…
IRS Will Pay Legal Fees of Business Owner Whose Money Was Wrongfully Seized
A federal judge has ordered the Internal Revenue Service to pay the legal fees of Lyndon McLellan, a convenience store owner based in Fairmont, North Carolina, whose bank account…
A Small Victory in the Fight for Justice Reform
Included in the handful of conservative policy victories at the end of 2015 was the passage of the Wrongful Convictions Tax Relief Act, which was introduced by Rep. Sam…