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Tim Scott: “That is why I introduced the RESPECT Act to require the IRS to show probable cause before seizing assets and facilitate…”

On the recordJune 27, 2018
That is why I introduced the RESPECT Act to require the IRS to show probable cause before seizing assets and facilitate taxpayer presentation of proof that would clear them of wrongdoing.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Scott explains the purpose of the RESPECT Act to protect taxpayers.

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