In 2016, the IRS unilaterally declared an entire category of legal tax transactions “presumptively abusive.”  With no proposed rule, public comment, or vote, that decision has since pulled more than 1,100 taxpayers into audits and litigation, some into bankruptcy, for following the law as written. It’s a preview of what happens whenever an agency rewrites tax policy with no accountability to voters, and it’s why Congress needs to act.

The Alliance for IRS Accountability (AIA) has filed an amicus brief in Harty V. Commissioner to defend taxpayers’ rights and challenge the IRS’s increasingly aggressive misuse of the economic substance doctrine (ESD).

The Alliance for IRS Accountability wrote to the Hill this week in support of the GROWTH Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation that would end an unfair “phantom tax” on everyday mutual fund investors.

AIA CEO Chuck Flint discusses how taxing unrealized gains hands the IRS a dangerous new weapon: endless authority to value your assets, demand cash you don't have, and expand their reach into every portfolio.

It breeds uncertainty and abuse.

CEO Chuck Flint discusses a momentous and immensely successful year for the Alliance for IRS Accountability.

Detailed in our Presumption of Rights Agenda, AIA CEO Chuck Flint discusses how our reforms will curb unwarranted and burdensome tax compliance costs for larger businesses, allowing them to propel our economy.

Detailed in our Presumption of Rights Agenda, AIA CEO Chuck Flint discusses our dedication to the protection of the individual taxpayer and the curtailing of IRS abuses.