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S 186 114th Congress Senate Taxation Accounting and auditing Government information and archives Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Taxpayer Accountability Act

Introduced: January 16, 2015 Introduced by: Fischer, Deb Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Taxpayer Accountability Act

Requires the Internal Revenue Service: (1) to provide a substantive written response (not merely an acknowledgment letter) to any written correspondence from a taxpayer not later than 30 days after receiving such correspondence; (2) within 30 days after disclosing taxpayer information to any federal, state, or local governmental entity, to provide to the taxpayer a written notification describing the information, to whom it was disclosed, and when it was disclosed; and (3) to conclude any audit of an individual taxpayer not later than 1 year after the audit is initiated and to not assess any tax with respect to such audit after it is concluded.


    What's happening now January 16, 2015

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

     Bill text 1 version

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    Boozman, John
    Arkansas · Jan 16, 2015
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    U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 186: Taxpayer Accountability Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-186/
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