Note that there is a specific Internal Revenue Service Code section that relates to processing tax returns for the President and Vice President. Special handling, does not get dumped in the Big Pile, probably does not even go into the data base in the Martinsburg WV computer. (probably in a locked safe in a DC IRS Attorney’s office.
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http://procedurallytaxing.com/can-the-house-obtain-and-release-president-trumps-tax-returns/
“I have previously explained on Procedurally Taxing that the Section 6103 prohibition against disclosure of tax returns and return information provides only limited protection for the President’s tax returns. Section 6103 (b) establishes that the only protected returns and return information are those filed with the Service. Identical copies of the same documents which are not filed with the Service are not protected. Further, the statute establishes many detailed exceptions to the prohibition against disclosure.
Most of the commentary has focused upon the Section 6103(f) exception to the prohibition against disclosure which authorizes Congress to obtain returns and return information. Under the statute, the Service must provide the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee any returns and return information specifically requested in writing, presumably including the President’s returns and any related audit files. The statute provides that any information in those documents identifying the taxpayer (i.e., the President) can be provided to the committee only when it is sitting in closed executive session. Interestingly, the statute does not contain any prohibition against further disclosure of the documents to the remainder of the Congress or disclosure of the information by the Congress to the general public. And, as Professor Yin has reported,Congress has occasionally read the statute as allowing it to disclose returns and return information to the public. Less formally, the documents might “leak.””
The information on his 1040 is safe until Nadler’s greasy Chick Dinners do a dirty fingerprint dance on the return.
If the Ds get his return it will be made public.
Thanks. and I think we can all agree it will be leaked
If we look at the law, it looks worse than that. (If I'm reading it right) Too much lookie movement allowed by too many people means too much of a chance of a leak...
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/6103"
Committee on Ways and Means, Committee on Finance, and Joint Committee on Taxation Upon written request release to the Chairman of (in closed session):
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Chief of Staff of Joint Committee on Taxation(whatever that is) same requirements as above
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Other Committees(and this is crazy)
Pursuant to an action by, and upon written request by the chairman of,
a committee of the Senate or the House of Representatives (other than a committee specified in paragraph (1)) specially authorized to inspect any return or return information by a resolution of the Senate or the House of Representatives or, in the case of a joint committee (other than the joint committee specified in paragraph (1)) by concurrent resolution, the Secretary shall furnish such committee, or a duly authorized and designated subcommittee thereof, sitting in closed executive session, with any return or return information which such resolution authorizes the committee or subcommittee to inspect. Any resolution described in this paragraph shall specify the purpose for which the return or return information is to be furnished and that such information cannot reasonably be obtained from any other source.
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Agents of committees and submission of information to Senate or House of Representatives (and this is crazier)
Any committee described in paragraph (1) or the Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation
shall have the authority, acting directly, or by or through such examiners or agents as the chairman of such committee or such chief of staff may designate or appoint, to inspect returns and return information at such time and in such manner as may be determined by such chairman or chief of staff...
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Other committees(this one appears to allow a release to full House & Senate)
Any committee or subcommittee described in paragraph (3) shall have the right, acting directly, or by or through no more than four examiners or agents, designated or appointed in writing in equal numbers by the chairman and ranking minority member of such committee or subcommittee, to inspect returns and return information at such time and in such manner as may be determined by such chairman and ranking minority member.
Any return or return information obtained by or on behalf of such committee or subcommittee pursuant to the provisions of this subsection may be submitted by the committee to the Senate or the House of Representatives, or to both, except that any return or return information which can be associated with, or otherwise identify, directly or indirectly, a particular taxpayer, shall be furnished to the Senate or the House of Representatives only when sitting in closed executive session unless such taxpayer otherwise consents in writing to such disclosure.
Now, under this law, the President gets the same right to any tax return
g) Disclosure to President and certain other persons 1) In general Upon written request by the President, signed by him personally,
the Secretary shall furnish to the President, or to such employee or employees of the White House Office as the President may designate by name in such request, a return or return information with respect to any taxpayer named in such request. Any such request shall state—
I'm still thinking POTUS needs to get this out there, loud and clear...