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H.R. 3457 · 110th Congress

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement with the Free File Alliance to provide…

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To require the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement with the Free File Alliance to provide for electronic filing of individual Federal income tax returns free of charge.

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115 cosponsors · 47 D, 68 R
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1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement with the Free File Alliance to provide a forms-based software service for all individual taxpayers to electronically prepare and file their federal income tax returns through the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website, free of charge, for taxable years beginning after 2007.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Aug 4, 2007

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement with the Free File Alliance to provide a forms-based software service for all individual taxpayers to electronically prepare and file their federal income tax returns through the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website, free of charge, for taxable years beginning after 2007.

Requires the Free File Alliance to meet certain standards promulgated by the federal government for business responsibility and commerciality of products or services.

Prohibits the Secretary from implementing a return-free tax system for taxable years beginning after 2007, unless authorized to do so by an Act of Congress.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement with the Free File Alliance to provide for electronic filing of individual Federal income tax returns free of charge.

Latest action (Aug 4, 2007): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Policy area: Taxation · Origin: House · Introduced: Aug 4, 2007

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.