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HR 3261 103th Congress House Taxation Administrative responsibility Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal procedure Damages Department of the Treasury Evidence (Law) Federal employees Fraud Government Operations and Politics Income tax Law Legal fees Liability (Law) Right to counsel Tax evasion

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that Internal Revenue Service employees shall be personally liable for litigation costs resulting from arbitrary, capricious, or malicious acts, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 12, 1993 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make Internal Revenue Service employees personally liable for a portion of litigation costs resulting from arbitrary, capricious, or malicious acts.

Increases (from $100,000 to $1 million) the limitation on recovery of civil damages for certain unauthorized collection actions.

Places the burden of proof upon the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the issue of whether any person has been guilty of fraud with intent to evade tax.

What's happening now August 19, 1994

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8698)

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