Sander Levin Requests Info From IRS About Targeting

Ways and Means Committee ranking member Rep. Sander Levin and chairman Rep. Dave Camp sent a letter Tuesday to Internal Revenue Service Acting Commissioner Steve Miller "requesting information on the targeting of organizations by the IRS," according to a news release.

"The Ways and Means Committee has led a nearly two-year investigation related to concerns that IRS was targeting individuals and organizations based on their political beliefs," the release states.

The United States House of Representatives committee is scheduled to hold a hearing about the issue at 9 a.m. Friday.

In a statement, Levin, a Democrat who represents Metro Detroit communities, including Berkley, stated: "The American people must have the fullest confidence that organizations requesting tax exemption receive completely unbiased treatment from the Internal Revenue Service and are never singled out by name or political views.

"They must also be assured that the IRS will be nothing less than completely forthcoming in the information it provides to Congress. The nation deserves a complete understanding of this matter. Chairman Camp and I have agreed it is essential that there be a thorough and bipartisan investigation and effective remedial action," he said.

Levin and Camp, a Michigan Republican, are requesting the IRS provide documents by May 21 after allegations surfaced about it targeting Tea Party members.

Read the full letter in the attached PDF.