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Democratic 2022 United States Representative

Brad Sherman

Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) was born and raised in southern California and represents California’s San Fernando Valley. Sherman is currently serving his thirteenth term in Congress and has served in the House of Representatives since 1997.

Congressman Sherman currently serves on three major House Committees. He is a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, and a member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. In 2019, Sherman was elected to serve as Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets. He previously served as Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Asia Subcommittee. 

Taxes

Prior to serving in Congress, Sherman served as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Tax Attorney and a Certified Tax Law Specialist

"As CPAs we bring a unique approach to fiscal issues" ~ Congressman Brad Sherman

Currently, Congressman Sherman Co-Chairs the Congressional CPA Caucus that examines standards for financial reporting and auditing in the private sector, the process around the auditing of federal government agencies, and tax accounting issues

Below are some of the recent issues Sherman has been working on in Congress concerning Taxes

Simplify Tax Return Filing

Congressman Sherman introduced the Tax Filing Simplification Act to ease the tax filing process for millions of American taxpayers and reduce their costs.

Sherman’s bill is a companion to legislation reintroduced today by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).

Stopping Tax Scams

Tax prep companies like Intuit have gotten away with these Free File scams by deploying hordes of lobbyists – including revolving door hires. 

For decades, Intuit lobbyists have defended a failed tax filing system that places corporate profits over taxpayer needs.                                                           

Sherman teamed up with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) to put an end to such abusive practices.

The lawmakers said in a letter to Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi that TurboTax offers products that "scam American taxpayers into paying for services that should be free." 

Moreover, Sherman, Porter and Warren together urged Federal watchdogs to investigate the abusive practices that allowed Intuit to protect their scam tax filing schemes. 

The lawmakers are working on legislation to crack down on such abusive practices and make the tax filing process cheaper and easier.