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HR 4070 98th Congress House Taxation Checkoff Economics and Public Finance Income tax Personal income tax Public debt Tax returns

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to require that income tax returns include space designated for the taxpayer to specify the amount of any cash contribution such taxpayer wishes to make to the Federal Government for reduction of the public debt and to establish a trust fund with amounts contributed by taxpayers for reduction of the public debt.

Introduced: October 4, 1983 See on congress.gov
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Oct 4, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 4, 1983
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require income tax returns to include space designated for the taxpayer to specify the amount of cash contributions, if any, which the taxpayer wishes to make to the Federal Government to reduce the public debt. Requires the transfer of amounts designated for this purpose to a special account to be used to reduce the public debt.

What's happening now October 4, 1983

Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1