Congressional watchdog groups
All three of the people representing South Dakota in Congress are among the most effective in their party, according to new scores published by a congressional watchdog group. In a report detailing its findings, the committee found the IRS first initiated an audit of Trump in 2019, on the same day the committee asked the agency to provide it with Trump’s tax returns as part of its probe into the IRS’ presidential auditing process. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the latest installment in a series of periodic updates on the activities of South Dakota’s congressional delegation. The report details how entrepreneurs and investors are building companies together. He paid nearly $1 million in taxes in 2018 and $144,445 in 2019. OASB has delivered its 2022 annual report to Congress and the Commission. The documents show Trump claimed losses in 20, allowing him to pay just $750 in taxes in those two years combined.
Trump, who broke years of precedent when he refused to release the documents himself, lost a court battle to keep his tax records secret when the Supreme Court in November ordered the IRS to turn them over to the committee. The Ways and Means Committee released six years of Trump’s tax returns in December, months before Republicans took control of the House and its committees and would have likely blocked the years-long effort to shed light on Trump’s finances. The office determines which investigations it will take on, and prioritizes requests from Congress when they come from senior congressional leaders or committee heads or are mandated by statute, resolution or an official congressional report.