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House panel says IRS failed to audit Trump in first two years of presidency

Democrats on the House tax-writing committee are faulting the IRS for failing to conduct a mandatory audit of President Donald Trump‘s tax returns during the first two years of his term.

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal said the IRS did not begin to audit returns from 2017 until the 2019 date on which the committee requested Mr. Trump‘s returns.

“We know now, the first mandatory audit was opened two years into his presidency.