S 2851
110th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Evidence (Law)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Income tax
Law
Tax evasion
Tax penalties
Tax preparers
Tax returns
Tax shelters
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the penalty on the understatement of taxpayer's liability by tax return preparers.
Introduced: April 14, 2008
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 14, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 14, 2008
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the standards for imposing penalties on tax return preparers for understatements of tax to require: (1) substantial authority for a position with respect to an item on a tax return if such position was not disclosed with the return; and (2) a reasonable basis for a position which was disclosed with the return.
Requires tax return preparers to have a reasonable belief that a position with respect to a tax shelter or a reportable transaction (a transaction having a potential for tax avoidance or evasion) will more likely than not be sustained on its merits.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1