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Simpler Tax Filing Act of 2015

Introduced: April 15, 2015 Introduced by: Shaheen, Jeanne Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 15, 2015
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 April 15, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Apr 28, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 940: Simpler Tax Filing Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-940/
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"S. 940: Simpler Tax Filing Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-940/.
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