Ron Wyden

For the week ending Feb. 1, 2019, the service received 16,035,000 returns, compared to 18,302,000 returns last year, a 12.4 percent decrease.

Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden asked to keep the program going for tax practitioners in the wake of the government shutdown.

The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee is questioning officials about how taxpayer assistance, cybersecurity, operations and tax refunds will be affected.

The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee wants the service to waive the penalties that he expects to hit millions of workers and families.

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady has given up on an additional round of tax cuts. Now, the only tax item he might be able to get passed this year is something he hates: the annual renewal of prized industry tax breaks.

House Ways and Means Committee chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, released a far-reaching tax and oversight package containing tax extenders, technical corrections to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, retirement and other savings enhancements and changes in the way the IRS operates.

Republicans thought the historic overhaul that slashed taxes would be one of their main campaign selling points ahead of November elections. Instead, Democrats are talking more about the law — and how they want to undo it.

A closely divided Senate Finance Committee advanced the nominee for the next Internal Revenue Service commissioner, Charles Rettig, by a vote of 14 to 13, but he awaits a vote by the full Senate.

Republicans are promising Tax Reform 2.0, but only a few measures may get approved.

The Finance Committee is expected to approve Trump’s nomination of a tax attorney as the next head of the Internal Revenue Service.