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HR 4141 114th Congress House

Tax Return Preparer Competency Act of 2015

Official title: To ensure that tax return preparers demonstrate minimum standards of competency.

Introduced: December 1, 2015 See on congress.gov
Taxation Administrative remediesBusiness educationBusiness ethicsDepartment of the Treasury
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This bill died when the 114th Congress ended
It never became law before the 114th Congress (2015–2016) 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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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 1, 2015
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 Latest action December 1, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tax Return Preparer Competency Act of 2015

This bill grants the Department of the Treasury authority to regulate the practice of tax return preparers and to sanction preparers for incompetency or misconduct. The bill also imposes minimum competency standards for tax return prepares and requires Treasury to make publicly available a database identifying qualified tax return preparers.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4141: Tax Return Preparer Competency Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4141/
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"H.R. 4141: Tax Return Preparer Competency Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4141/.
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H.R. 4141, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4141/.
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