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S 1958 115th Congress Senate

IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017

Official title: A bill 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 16, 2017 Introduced by: Booker, Cory A. Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
Taxation Internet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaTax administration and collection, taxpayersUser charges and fees
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 16, 2017
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 Latest action October 16, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 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
  • HR 3860 Identical bill IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
D
Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Nov 26, 2018
 R
Scott, Tim
South Carolina · Jul 16, 2018
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Oct 16, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1958: IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1958/
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