HR 5670
113th Congress
House
Taxation
Computer security and identity theft
Crime prevention
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft.
Introduced: September 18, 2014
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Sep 18, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 18, 2014
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process designed to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated through electronic identity theft, including the use of security questions that allow for electronic matching of the answers to establish the taxpayer's identity.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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