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H.R. 7033 · 117th Congress

Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2022

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This bill modifies various tax enforcement procedures and requirements that affect small businesses and other taxpayers.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 9, 2022

Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2022

This bill modifies various tax enforcement procedures and requirements that affect small businesses and other taxpayers.

The bill modifies requirements regarding

  • awarding costs and fees to small businesses for administrative and court proceedings,
  • the amounts of damages and penalties that are allowed for violating various tax laws,
  • dispute resolution and appeal procedures,
  • enforcing liens against principal residences,
  • terminating Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees for misconduct,
  • reviews by the Department of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, and
  • the release of an IRS levy due to economic hardship for business taxpayers.

The bill also

  • allows a tax deduction for a portion of a taxpayer's expenses for certain audits,
  • prohibits ex parte communications between officers in the IRS Independent Office of Appeals and other IRS employees with respect to matters pending before the officers,
  • establishes a 10-year term for the National Taxpayer Advocate, and
  • repeals the requirement to submit a partial payment with an offer-in-compromise to settle a tax liability.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2022

Latest action (Mar 9, 2022): Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Policy area: Taxation · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 9, 2022

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

No recorded floor vote found.