Should the IRS audit a president’s taxes? Utah’s four GOP congressmen don’t think so.

The Inner Income Service, seemingly in opposition to their very own coverage, didn’t audit Donald Trump throughout his first two years in workplace.

The U.S. Home of Representatives handed a invoice Thursday requiring the Inner Income Service to audit the president’s tax returns yearly and publish the outcomes. All 4 of the Utah Republicans within the Home voted in opposition to the measure.

The invoice was prompted by the revelation that the IRS failed to finish audits of Donald Trump throughout his 4 years within the White Home, which ran counter to the company’s coverage of annual presidential audits.

The invoice handed on a 221-201 vote, with 5 Republicans becoming a member of the bulk Democrats in approving the invoice.

Utah Reps. Blake Moore, John Curtis, Chris Stewart and Burgess Owens didn’t reply to emails asking for a touch upon why they voted in opposition to the invoice.

Since 1977, IRS coverage has required an annual audit of presidential tax returns. The invoice handed by the Home on Thursday would write that requirement into federal regulation and mandate the discharge of the president’s tax returns, together with returns for any enterprise entities, inside 90 days after submitting them.

Thursday’s vote is basically symbolic because it’s unlikely the Senate will take up the measure earlier than the brand new Congress is sworn in come January.

This week, a report from the Home Methods and Means Committee revealed that the IRS didn’t audit Trump in 2017 and 2018, CNN reported. Trump was audited in 2019, however that was solely carried out after congressional Democrats inquired about Trump’s tax returns. The IRS carried out annual audits of former President Barack Obama whereas he was in workplace and present President Joe Biden, in keeping with The New York Occasions.

The report, in keeping with Politico, raised a number of potential purple flags with Trump’s tax returns. Trump’s returns present large enterprise losses between 2015 and 2020, together with $60 million in losses in 2016. Trump additionally paid no federal revenue taxes in 2020.

The Home Methods and Means Committee voted to publicly launch Trump’s tax returns earlier than the tip of the 12 months.