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S 3840 117th Congress Senate Taxation

Cut Red Tape for Online Sales Act

Introduced: March 15, 2022 Introduced by: Hassan, Margaret Wood Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cut Red Tape For Online Sales Act

This bill modifies requirements for third party settlement organizations to eliminate their reporting requirement with respect to the transactions of their participating payees unless they have earned $5,000 or more. A third party settlement organization is the central organization that has the contractual obligation to make payments to participating payees (generally, a merchant or business) in a third party payment network.

The bill also requires entities that report income to to issue a plain-language description of the taxability of income reported on Form 1099-K.

What's happening now March 15, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7079 Related bill Cut Red Tape For Online Sales Act
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 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Nov 30, 2022
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Padilla, Alex
California · Nov 17, 2022
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · May 25, 2022
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Hickenlooper, John W.
Colorado · May 11, 2022
Sinema, Kyrsten
· Mar 15, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3840: Cut Red Tape for Online Sales Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3840/
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"S. 3840: Cut Red Tape for Online Sales Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3840/.
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S. 3840, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3840/.
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