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HR 3860 115th Congress House

IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require Internet-based, real-time responses to requests to verify taxpayer income for legitimate business purposes, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 10, 2017 See on congress.gov
Taxation Internet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaTax administration and collection, taxpayersUser charges and fees
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Sep 28, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 28, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 28, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017

This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to implement a program to ensure that disclosures of tax returns or return information by the IRS to a person verifying the income of a taxpayer for a legitimate business purpose are: (1) fully automated and accomplished through the Internet, and (2) accomplished in as close to real-time as is practicable.

The IRS must assess and collect a fee for the disclosures described above at rates that are sufficient to recover the costs related to implementing the program not later than five years after the costs are paid or incurred.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 7227 Related bill Taxpayer First Act of 2018
  • S 1958 Identical bill IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Schweikert, David
Arizona · Jan 29, 2018
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Oct 10, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3860: IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3860/
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"H.R. 3860: IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3860/.
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H.R. 3860, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3860/.
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