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Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith is calling on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to revoke the tax-exempt status of several organizations. This request follows an investigation by the committee that uncovered these groups' ties to foreign terrorist organizations, support for illegal activities in the United States, and failure to operate within their stated exempt purposes.

Chairman Smith expressed his concerns, stating, “American taxpayers are rightfully outraged by what has transpired on American college campuses this past year, and they are even more disgusted to learn their tax dollars have subsidized the groups organizing this illegal activity at home and potentially terrorist organizations overseas." He added that evidence from the Ways and Means Committee suggests some American tax-exempt organizations are involved in antisemitic activities, breaking laws, and promoting hate and chaos in America. Smith urged the Biden-Harris Administration to act swiftly to revoke these organizations' tax-exempt status.

Smith emphasized that "Tax-exempt status is a privilege, not a right," noting that organizations must operate within their stated exempt purposes. He vowed that the Ways and Means Committee would continue pressuring the administration until it addresses what he described as antisemitic and anti-American behavior linked to certain groups.

The letters sent to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel include specific evidence detailing each organization's alleged illegal or nonconforming conduct. The evidence points to possible funding or coordination with foreign terrorist groups as grounds for revocation of their tax-exempt status.

For further details, readers can access the full text of Chairman Smith's letters online.

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