S. 809 · 115th Congress
Simpler Tax Filing Act of 2017
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This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Internal Revenue Service should begin offering pre-prepared tax returns to as many taxpayers as possible by tax year 2022.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Apr 4, 2017
Simpler Tax Filing Act of 2017
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Internal Revenue Service should begin offering pre-prepared tax returns to as many taxpayers as possible by tax year 2022.
The Department of the Treasury must report to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee on actions necessary to achieve the goal of offering pre-prepared tax returns to taxpayers by tax year 2022, with an analysis of the budgetary, administrative, and legislative barriers to achieving such goal, including the amount of appropriations that would be required.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Simpler Tax Filing Act of 2017
Latest action (Apr 4, 2017): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Taxation · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Apr 4, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.