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HR 1077 115th Congress House Taxation Accounting and auditing Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of the Treasury Licensing and registrations Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Tax Return Preparer Accountability Act of 2017

Introduced: February 15, 2017 Introduced by: Cohen, Steve Democratic · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Feb 15, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 15, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E201)
Feb 15, 2017
Introduced in House
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Tax Return Preparer Accountability Act of 2017

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to regulate tax return preparers who are not otherwise subject to regulation. The bill authorizes Treasury to impose a $1,000 penalty for each federal tax return or other document prepared by a tax return preparer during a period in which such preparer: (1) is not in compliance with applicable Treasury regulations, or (2) is suspended or disbarred from acting as a tax return preparer under such regulations.

What's happening now February 15, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 15, 2017
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Feb 15, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1077: Tax Return Preparer Accountability Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1077/
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"H.R. 1077: Tax Return Preparer Accountability Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1077/.
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H.R. 1077, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1077/.
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