S 716
114th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Aging
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Seniors' Tax Simplification Act of 2015
Introduced: March 11, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 11, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 11, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Seniors' Tax Simplification Act of 2015
This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service to make available to taxpayers who have turned age 65 at the close of the taxable year a new federal income tax Form 1040SR (similar to the existing Form 1040EZ). Such taxpayers can use this new form even if their income includes: (1) social security benefits; (2) distributions from qualified retirement plans, annuities, or other such deferred payment arrangements; (3) interest and dividends; or (4) capital gains and losses.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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