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IRS Accountability Act [HB-3523]
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IRS Accountability Act - Directs the Inspector General for Tax Administration of the Department of the Treasury to conduct annual audits of employees and service contractors of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to determine compliance with prohibitions against willful failure to file tax returns or willful understatement of tax liability. Terminates the employment or contract relationship of a service contractor who has willfully failed to file a tax return or who has willfully understated tax liability and debars such service contractor from the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jack Kingston
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 11/18/2013
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Exempt Organization Simplification and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013 [HB-3520]
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Exempt Organization Simplification and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require an organization that intends to operate as a tax-exempt social welfare organization to notify the Secretary of the Treasury of such intent with information as to its identity and purpose, (2) allow such an organization to seek a declaratory judgment concerning its status and classification as a tax-exempt organization, and (3) authorize the Secretary to disclose information for investigations of violations of internal revenue
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Boustany
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 11/18/2013
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Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2013 [HB-3479]
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Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2013 - 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. Blake Farenthold
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 11/13/2013
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Health Care Regulator Accountability Act [HB-3170]
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Health Care Regulator Accountability Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to prohibit the federal government from making any health care plan available to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), or any other federal executive agency employees responsible for the administration of the Act except a health plan created under it or offered through an American Health Benefit Exchange. Prohibits the Secretary of HHS, the IRS Director, and the head of any other agency involved in promulgating
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 09/27/2013
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IRS Rulemaking Fairness Act of 2013 [HB-3169]
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IRS Rulemaking Fairness Act of 2013 - Expands requirements relating to review of federal agency actions that have a significant economic impact on small entities (e.g., small organizations and businesses) to include rulemaking by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Rice
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 01/09/2014
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IRS Health Records Privacy Act of 2013 [HB-3041]
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IRS Health Records Privacy Act of 2013 - Prohibits any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from inspecting protected health information of any individual (defined as individually identifiable health information transmitted by or maintained in electronic or other form or medium, except for information contained in certain education and employment records) except to the extent that such health information directly relates to a criminal violation of the internal revenue laws. Provides for civil and criminal penalties for violations
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Schweikert
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 08/02/2013
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IRS Employee Responsibility Act of 2013 [HB-3021]
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IRS Employee Responsibility Act of 2013 - Makes an officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) personally responsible for payment of any awards or costs of litigation arising from official actions taken by such officer or employee that a court finds were in violation of law, vexatious, frivolous, or in bad faith unless such court finds special circumstances that would make an award unjust.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Fincher
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 09/13/2013
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Protect and Save Act of 2013 [HB-295]
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Protect and Save Act of 2013 - 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 01/15/2013
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Philanthropic Facilitation Act [HB-2832]
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Philanthropic Facilitation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) expand the definition of, and requirements relating to, "program-related investments" made by private foundations to for-profit entities to further certain charitable purposes; (2) allow a judicial determination (i.e., declaratory judgment) as to whether investments in any entity qualify as program-related investments; (3) require expanded reporting by for-profit entities that receive program-related investments of their gross income, expenses, disbursements, and other information;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Polis
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 07/25/2013
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014 [HB-2786]
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2014 - Makes appropriations for FY2014 to the Department of the Treasury for: (1) departmental offices, (2) the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, (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 Bureau
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ander Crenshaw
The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 113-172, By Mr. Crenshaw. on 07/23/2013
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Stop Playing on Citizens' Cash Act [HB-2769]
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Stop Playing on Citizens' Cash Act - Prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from holding any conference until the Inspector General for Tax Administration of the Department of the Treasury submits to Congress a report certifying that the IRS has implemented all recommendations set forth in the Inspector General's report titled "Review of the August 2010 Small Business/Self-Employed Division's Conference in Anaheim, California" and describing such implementation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gus Bilirakis
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 08/01/2013
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Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2013 [HB-2768]
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Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to ensure that IRS employees are familiar with and act in accordance with taxpayer rights, including the right to be informed, to be assisted, to be heard, to pay no more than the correct amount of tax, to an appeal, to certainty, to privacy, to confidentiality, to representation, and to a fair and just tax system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gus Bilirakis
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 08/01/2013
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for offsetting certain past-due local tax debts against income tax overpayments. [HB-2716]
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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a state, on behalf of a local government, to submit to the Secretary of the Treasury notice of a past-due, legally enforceable local tax obligation for offset against a taxpayer's tax refund. Defines "past-due, legally enforceable local tax obligation" as any debt which: (1) resulted from a judgment determining an amount of tax due to a local government; (2) is no longer subject to judicial review; or (3) resulted from a tax imposed by a local government which has been assessed but not collected, the time
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E1073-1074) on 07/17/2013
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IRS Equal Treatment Act of 2013 [HB-2683]
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IRS Equal Treatment Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require each officer and employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to substantiate any expense incurred in carrying out official duties and responsibilities, (2) make IRS officers and employees jointly and severally liable for all expenses for which substantiation requirements are not met, and (3) require the Inspector General for Tax Administration of the Department of the Treasury to report annually on a review of the expense substantiation records required by this
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Reichert
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 07/11/2013
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Job Creation Act of 2013 [HB-2674]
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Job Creation Act of 2013 - Title I: Trade - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Congress should continue to work with the Administration to expand trading markets, (2) the future growth of the U.S. economy requires this pro-growth strategy, (3) China's intellectual property rights violations are a problem for the U.S. economy. Title II: Tax Reform - Expresses the sense of Congress that reforming the federal tax code will benefit taxpayers and the U.S. economy. Title III: Balanced Budget Amendment - Expresses the sense of Congress that it needs
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vern Buchanan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 09/24/2013
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STOP IRS Act [HB-2565]
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Stop Targeting Our Politics IRS Act or the STOP IRS Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 to expand existing grounds for termination of the employment of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee to include performing, delaying, or failing to perform (or threatening to perform, delay, or fail to perform) any official action (including any audit) with respect to a taxpayer for purpose of extracting personal gain or benefit or for a political purpose.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 08/01/2013
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Stop Playing on Citizen's Cash Act [HB-2533]
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Stop Playing on Citizen's Cash Act - Prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from holding any conference until: (1) the Inspector General for Tax Administration of the Department of the Treasury submits to Congress a report certifying that the IRS has implemented all recommendations set forth in the Inspector General's report titled "Review of the August 2010 Small Business/Self-Employed Division's Conference in Anaheim, California" and describing such implementation; and (2) the IRS is authorized by law to resume holding conferences.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Perry
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 06/27/2013
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Integrity Restoration Strategy Act of 2013 [HB-2532]
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Integrity Restoration Strategy Act of 2013 or the IRS Act of 2013 - Provides that if the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) receives an application for recognition of an organizations's tax-exempt status and requests additional information to process such application, the IRS shall: (1) include a due date in the request for providing such additional information (not less than 30 days), (2) conclude that an application is abandoned if no response if received by the due date, and (3) provide a written substantive response to the organization's response
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Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Perry
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 06/27/2013
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Fair Tax Act of 2013 [HB-25]
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Fair Tax Act of 2013 - Repeals the income tax, employment tax, and estate and gift tax. Redesignates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as the Internal Revenue Code of 2013. 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 2015, 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: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 01/03/2013
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IRS Verification Act [HB-2389]
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IRS Verification Act - Directs the Inspector General for Tax Administration of the Department of the Treasury to audit the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in accordance with audit criteria in the Inspector General Act of 1978 for the period beginning on January 1, 2010, and ending on the enactment of this Act. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of any amounts to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act until the report of the IRS audit is submitted to Congress.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/08/2013