House Holds Hearing Today on The Tax Ramifications of the Supreme Court’s Ruling on the Affordable Care Act

The House Ways & Means Committee holds a hearing today on The Tax Ramifications of the Supreme Court’s Ruling on the Affordable Care Act:

The hearing will focus on the implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling that the individual mandate is constitutional on the grounds that it is a tax and that Congress has the broad power to levy taxes far beyond the historic scope of raising revenue.

• Steven G. Bradbury (Partner, Dechert, Washington, D.C.)
• Lee A. Casey (Partner, Baker Hostetler, Washington, D.C.)
• Walter Dellinger (Partner, O’Melveny & Myers, Washington, D.C.)
• Carrie Severino (Chief Counsel, Judicial Crisis Network, Washington, D.C.)

Press and blogosphere coverage:

• Bloomberg, Camp Says Health-Care Ruling Opens New World for Taxes
• CBS News, The Tax Man Cometh to Police You on Health Care
• CNN, Maine Governor Calls IRS the New Gestapo
• U.S. News & World Report:  Can IRS Police Both Taxes and Health Care Law?
• Washington Post, Your Family, Your Doctor and the IRS