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Law Enforcement Officers Retirement Equity Act of 2011 [S.985]
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Law Enforcement Officers Retirement Equity Act of 2011 - Amends the definition of the term "law enforcement officer" under provisions of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to include: (1) federal employees not otherwise covered by such term whose duties include the investigation or apprehension of suspected or convicted individuals and who are authorized to carry a firearm; and (2) such employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whose duties are primarily the collection of delinquent
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Sponsored by: Sen. Patrick J. Leahy
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 05/12/2011
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Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act [S.3432]
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Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a criminal penalty on any person who willfully misappropriates another person's taxpayer identity, (2) increase the penalty for unauthorized disclosure of taxpayer information by paid tax preparers, (3) require the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to submit to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance an annual report detailing the number of reports of tax fraud and suspected tax fraud received from state and local law enforcement
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Nelson
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/25/2012
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Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2012 [S.3355]
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Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the National Taxpayer Advocate, to publish a summary statement of taxpayer rights and obligations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to develop, expand, or continue volunteer income tax assistance programs to assist low-income taxpayers. Allows tax preparation program grant recipients to use grant funds to provide services related to financial literacy, asset development, and the establishment of savings accounts.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/28/2012
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013 [S.3301]
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 to the Department of the Treasury for: (1) departmental offices, (2) department-wide systems and capital investments programs, (3) the Office of Inspector General, (4) the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, (5) the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), (6) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, (7) the Alcohol
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Durbin
Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Durbin. With Written Report No. 112-177. on 06/14/2012
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Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2012 [S.2291]
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Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow businesses with average annual gross receipts of not more than $50,000 that prevail in an administrative or court proceeding involving the determination, collection, or refund of tax, interest, or penalty to recover their costs incurred in such proceedings; (2) increase the amount of civil damages against Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officers or employees for reckless, intentional, or negligent disregard of internal revenue laws and extend from
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Cornyn
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2395-2396) on 04/17/2012
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Grow America Act of 2012 [S.2199]
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Grow America Act of 2012 - Directs the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Committee on Finance to report tax reform legislation for individual and business taxpayers. Requires such legislation to lower the tax burden on individuals and businesses and to simplify the tax system. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an inflation adjustment to the basis of assets held for more than three years for purposes of determining gain or loss on the sale or exchange of such assets by an individual taxpayer, (2) increase the dividends received
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/15/2012
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012 [S.1573]
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations for FY2012 to the Department of the Treasury for: (1) departmental offices, (2) the Office of Inspector General, (3) the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, (4) the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), (5) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, (6) the Financial Management Service, (7) the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Durbin
Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Durbin. With Written Report No. 112-79. on 09/15/2011
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Identify Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act [S.1534]
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Identify [sic] Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a fine and/or prison term on any person who knowingly or willfully misappropriates another person's tax identification number in connection with any list, return, account, statement, or other document submitted to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); (2) increase the civil and criminal penalties for improper disclosure or use of taxpayer information by tax return preparers; (3) require the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to submit to the Senate Committee
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Nelson
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S5461-5462) on 09/08/2011
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Prisoner Fraud Reduction Act of 2011 [S.1367]
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Prisoner Fraud Reduction Act of 2011 - Requires: (1) the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the head of each state prison system, by December 1 each year, to transmit to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in electronic format certain identifying information on inmates who have been incarcerated during any portion of the three-calendar-year period ending with November 15 of the year of the report, and (2) the IRS to notify the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the head of each state prison system annually of any incarcerated individual whom
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark L. Pryor
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/14/2011
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Fair Tax Act of 2011 [S.13]
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Fair Tax Act of 2011 - Repeals the income tax, employment tax, and estate and gift tax. Redesignates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as the Internal Revenue Code of 2011. Imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services. Sets the sales tax rate at 23% in 2013, with adjustments to the rate in subsequent years. Allows exemptions from the tax for property or services purchased for business, export, or investment purposes, and for state government functions. Sets forth rules relating to:
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Burr
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/25/2011
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Internal Revenue Service should immediately update its collection policies and procedures in order to more adequately protect and assist taxpayers suffering an economic hardship. [HR-89]
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Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) should immediately update its collection policies and procedures to more adequately protect and assist taxpayers suffering an economic hardship.
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry C. Johnson
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 02/11/2011
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rules submitted by the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service relating to the reporting requirements for interest that relates to deposits maintained at United States offices of certain financial institutions and is paid to certain nonresident alien individuals. [HJR-113]
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Disapproves and nullifies the rules submitted by the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) relating to the reporting requirements for interest that relates to deposits maintained at U.S. offices of certain financial institutions and that is paid to certain nonresident alien individuals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Cuellar
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 06/28/2012
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Disapproving the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to the health insurance premium tax credit. [HJR-112]
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Disapproves and nullifies the rule relating to the health insurance premium tax credit submitted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and published in the Federal Register on May 23, 2012.
Sponsored by: Rep. David P. Roe
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 06/18/2012
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rules submitted by the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service relating to the reporting requirements for interest that relates to deposits maintained at United States offices of certain financial institutions and is paid to certain nonresident alien individuals. [HJR-108]
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Disapproves and nullifies the rules submitted by the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) relating to the reporting requirements for interest that relates to deposits maintained at U.S. offices of certain financial institutions and that is paid to certain nonresident alien individuals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Cuellar
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 05/10/2012
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Independent Contractor Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2012 [HB-6653]
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Independent Contractor Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth criteria for classifying a worker as an employee or an independent contractor. Prohibits: (1) any retroactive assessment of employment tax, except with respect to certain skilled workers, for tax periods after December 31, 1978, unless the employer had no reasonable basis for not treating a worker as an employee, and (2) the issuance, after the enactment of this Act, of Treasury regulations with respect to the employment status of any
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Sponsored by: Rep. Erik Paulsen
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 12/12/2012
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Protect and Save Act of 2012 [HB-6205]
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Protect and Save Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose tax return information to federal and state law enforcement agencies to assist in the investigation of the misuse of the identity of another person for purposes of filing a false or fraudulent tax return, (2) direct the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to establish within the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) the position of Local Law Enforcement Liaison to coordinate the investigation of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Nugent
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 07/26/2012
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Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2012 [HB-6050]
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Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the National Taxpayer Advocate, to publish a summary statement of taxpayer rights and obligations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to develop, expand, or continue volunteer income tax assistance programs to assist low-income taxpayers. Allows tax preparation program grant recipients to use grant funds to provide services related to financial literacy, asset development, and the establishment of savings accounts.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Financial Institutions And Consumer Credit. on 10/01/2012
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013 [HB-6020]
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013 - Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for the Department of the Treasury. Executive Office of the President Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for the Executive Office of the President. Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts and related offices. District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 112-550, By Mrs. Emerson. on 06/26/2012
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Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2012 [HB-4375]
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Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow businesses with average annual gross receipts of not more than $50,000 that prevail in an administrative or court proceeding involving the determination, collection, or refund of tax, interest, or penalty to recover their costs incurred in such proceedings; (2) increase the amount of civil damages against Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officers or employees for reckless, intentional, or negligent disregard of internal revenue laws and extend from
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Johnson
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 04/17/2012
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 [HB-3671]
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 - Division A: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations to the Department of Defense and related agencies for FY2012. Division B: Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2012 - Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes appropriations for FY2012 to the Corps of Engineers-Civil, Department of the Army, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy, and certain independent agencies. Division C: Financial
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Sponsored by: Rep. Harold Rogers
Referred To The Committee On Appropriations, And In Addition To The Committee On The Budget, 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. on 12/14/2011