IRS faces Tuesday deadline to hand over Trump's tax returns

Tuesday is the deadline for the IRS to hand over President Donald Trump's tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee.

The panel wants the president's personal tax returns from the last six years and tax returns from eight of his businesses. It initially requested the documents by April 10. But Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, whose department oversees the IRS, denied that request, citing concerns that the committee's request wasn't constitutional.

Several days later, committee Chairman Richard Neal renewed his request and set the April 23 deadline.

He told the IRS commissioner that failure to reply by 5 p.m. ET would be "interpreted as a denial of [his] request." The move could set up a legal face-off between the White House and Congress.

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President Trump has repeatedly refused to release his tax returns. His personal attorney sent a letter to the Treasury Department last week, arguing that the committee had no legitimate reason to obtain his client's tax documents.

On Monday, President Trump and the Trump Organization filed a lawsuit to block a separate request by the House Oversight and Reform Committee for years of the president's financial records.

Additional reporting from Newsy affiliate CNN.