CHAIRMEN SMITH, MOOLENAAR CALL ON IRS TO EXAMINE CCP-LINKED ORGANIZATIONS POTENTIALLY VIOLATING THEIR TAX-EXEMPT STATUS BY ENGAGING IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The House Ways & Means Committee Chairman issued the following news release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) of the House Committee on Ways and Means and Chairman John Moolenaar (MI-02) of the House Select Committee on China called onTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) CEO Frank Bisignano to examine tax-exempt U.S.-based organizations with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and part of China's United Front influence operations in the United States.

"The People's Republic of China (PRC) is utilizing United Front organizations, proxies, and intermediaries within the United States-many granted tax-exempt status under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Co...