Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015

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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 13, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require 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 quality service, to pay no more than the correct amount of tax, to challenge the position of the IRS and be heard, to an appeal in an independent forum, to finality, to privacy, to confidentiality, to retain representation, and to a fair and just tax system.

Congress
114

Number
HR - 1058

Introduced on
2015-02-25

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

4/16/2015

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 13, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require 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 quality service, to pay no more than the correct amount of tax, to challenge the position of the IRS and be heard, to an appeal in an independent forum, to finality, to privacy, to confidentiality, to retain representation, and to a fair and just tax system.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that a duty of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue is to ensure that Internal Revenue Service employees are familiar with and act in accord with certain taxpayer rights.

Policy Areas
Taxation

Potential Impact
Administrative remedies
Department of the Treasury
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Lawyers and legal services
Right of privacy
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary6/12/2015

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 13, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) Amends the Internal Revenue Code t...


Latest Action4/16/2015
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.