HR 6238
114th Congress
House
Taxation
To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for issuing identity protection personal identification numbers (IP PINs) to adopted children for purposes of tax administration.
Introduced: September 28, 2016
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Became law
Sep 28, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 28, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to establish a program under which the legal guardian of an adopted child may obtain an identity protection personal identification number (IP PIN) for the child to prevent an individual from improperly claiming tax benefits with respect to the child. The IRS may require a child's IP PIN to be included in a tax return as a condition of receiving any tax benefit with respect to the child.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1