Democrats face a dilemma over Trump’s tax returns

Published October 3, 2018 5:57pm ET



If Democrats win either chamber of Congress in November’s midterm elections, they could be granted valuable information: President Trump’s tax returns, as well as the returns of his company, the Trump Organization.

Tucked into the tax code is a provision that allows select officials – the chairman of either the House of Representatives, Senate, or a special joint committee on taxes shared between the two chambers – to request specific tax returns from individuals or entities.

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