S 940
114th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Business records
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Simpler Tax Filing Act of 2015
Introduced: April 15, 2015
Introduced by:
Shaheen, Jeanne
Democratic
· New Hampshire
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 15, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 15, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Simpler Tax Filing Act of 2015
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Internal Revenue Service should begin offering pre-prepared tax returns to as many taxpayers as possible by tax year 2020.
Requires the Department of the Treasury to report to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee on actions necessary to achieve the goal of offering pre-prepared tax returns to taxpayers by tax year 2020, with an analysis of the budgetary, administrative, and legislative barriers to achieving such goal, including the amount of appropriations that would be required.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1