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Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act of 2021

Introduced: June 25, 2021 Introduced by: Panetta, Jimmy Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
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Jun 25, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 25, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act of 2021

This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to regulate tax return preparers, including by sanctioning preparers for incompetence and disreputable behavior and by establishing minimum competency standards for preparers.

What's happening now June 25, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 6
D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Oct 7, 2022
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Oct 7, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 7, 2022
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Oct 7, 2022
 D
Levin, Mike
California · Feb 28, 2022
Murphy, Stephanie
· Dec 7, 2021
Axne, Cynthia
· Oct 19, 2021
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Oct 12, 2021
Rice, Tom
· Jun 25, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4184: Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4184/
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"H.R. 4184: Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4184/.
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H.R. 4184, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4184/.
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