The emergency assistance was paid out to an estimated 1,700 civilian families who were on the Navy's drinking water system that serves neighborhoods in and around Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
House Republicans on Monday demanded the IRS turn over information about a left-leaning think tank's $15 million study of a proposed e-file tax return system, saying federal law requires the review to be done by an independent group, not one staffed by former Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton aides.
Hawaiʻi’s congressional delegation has asked the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to correct the tax liability of families affected by the leak from the Navy Red Hill fuel storage facility in 2021.
Many families that were affected by the Red Hill water crisis are outraged that the money they received from the military for temporary housing is considered income and that they are being slapped by the IRS with steep taxes.