New Customs Commissioner Proposes Amending Tax Law to Allow Customs Access to Tax Information

On June 17, 1993, U.S. Customs Service Commissioner George Weise in testimony before the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee requested that Congress amend § 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code to allow the Customs Service, in the conduct of a specific national audit, to request and obtain tax information so that it can corroborate information Customs has already received from importers. The objective would be to ensure that both agencies are receiving the same raw data…[more]