The House Ways and Means Committee has released the testimony from yesterday’s hearing on An Overview of the Tax-Exempt Sector. According to the Hearing Advisory, the hearing was called:
to examine the legal history of the tax-exempt sector; its size, scope and impact on the economy; the need for congressional oversight; IRS oversight of the sector; and what the IRS is doing to improve compliance with the law.
- David M. Walker (Comptroller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office)
- George Yin (Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation)
- Douglas Holtz-Eakin (Director, Congressional Budget Office)
- John Colombo (University of Illinois College of Law)
- Frances R. Hill (University of Miami School of Law)
- Sheldon S. Cohen (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (Philadelphia) & former Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service)
- Bruce Hopkins (Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus (Kansas City)




