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S 437 112th Congress Senate

Taxpayer Receipt Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide each individual taxpayer a receipt for an income tax paym… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide each individual taxpayer a receipt for an income tax payment which itemizes the portion of the payment which is allocable to various Government spending categories.

Introduced: March 15, 2011 See on congress.gov
Taxation Budget deficits and national debtTax administration and collection, taxpayers
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It never became law before the 112th Congress (2011–2012) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Mar 2, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 2, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 2, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Taxpayer Receipt Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide every taxpayer who files an individual income tax return for any taxable year an itemized tax receipt showing: (1) the proportionate allocation of the taxpayer's payment in such year among major expenditure categories of the federal budget (e.g., social security, national defense, Medicare and other federal health programs, low-income assistance programs, unemployment benefits, net interest on the federal debt, and other federal programs); and (2) the amount of the federal debt at the end of the fiscal year and the amount of additional borrowing by the federal government in such fiscal year per each legal U.S. resident.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1527 Identical bill Taxpayer Receipt Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Mar 15, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 437: Taxpayer Receipt Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-437/
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"S. 437: Taxpayer Receipt Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-437/.
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S. 437, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-437/.
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