HR 4555 101th Congress House Taxation Federal receipts and expenditures Government publicity Graphs and charts Income tax Information services Tax returns

Taxpayers' Right to Know Act

Introduced: April 18, 1990 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Nov 5, 1990

See H.R.5835.

Apr 18, 1990

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Apr 18, 1990

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Taxpayers' Right to Know Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the booklets of instructions for individual income tax returns to include pie-shaped graphs showing the relative sizes of the major outlay and income categories.

What's happening now November 5, 1990

See H.R.5835.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

Introduced in House Formatted Text

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 1

Kaptur, Marcy

Ohio · Apr 18, 1990

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