Taxpayer and Fairness Protection Act of 2003
Latest action · Apr 8, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 8, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Provides for the prevention of corporate expatriation to avoid U.S. income tax.
Revises provisions respecting: (1) the earned income tax credit; (2) specified penalties and interest, including estimated tax penalty and interest; (3) collection procedures; (4) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee misconduct; (5) Tax Court authority and jurisdiction; (6) family business; (6) suspension of tax-exempt status for terrorist organizations; (7) confidentiality and disclosure; and (8) IRS user fees.
Authorizes grants for low-income return preparation clinics.
Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 with respect to the applicability of Federal-State unemployment assistance agreements.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 8, 2003 to May 20, 2003; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Apr 8, 2003 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Apr 8, 2003 |
| D-WI | Gerald D. Kleczka | Original | Apr 8, 2003 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Apr 8, 2003 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Apr 8, 2003 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Apr 8, 2003 |
| D-TX | Max Sandlin | Original | Apr 8, 2003 |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Original | Apr 8, 2003 |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | Apr 8, 2003 |
| D-CA | Robert T. Matsui | Original | Apr 8, 2003 |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Original | Apr 8, 2003 |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Original | Apr 8, 2003 |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Original | Apr 8, 2003 |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Original | Apr 8, 2003 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Apr 9, 2003 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Apr 9, 2003 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Apr 9, 2003 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Apr 10, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Apr 10, 2003 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 29, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Apr 29, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Apr 29, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | May 20, 2003 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 8, 2003 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 8, 2003Introduced in House
- Apr 8, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide balanced taxpayer protections in tax administrations, including elimination of abusive tax strategies, simplification of the earned income tax credit, and taxpayer protections.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Taxpayer and Fairness Protection Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Auctions
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Confidential communications
- Corporate debt
- Corporate mergers
- Corporation taxes
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Department of the Treasury
- Directories
- Dividends
- Due process of law
- Earned income tax credit
- Energy
- Excise tax
- Families
- Federal employees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fishing
- Foreign corporations
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Income tax
- Indian lands
- Injunctions
- Interest
- Investments
- Investors
- Jurisdiction
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Legal fees
- Liens
- Limitation of actions
- Loans
- Losses
- Married people
- Minorities
- Misconduct in office
- Partnerships
- Profit
- Right of privacy
- Social Welfare
- Sports and Recreation
- Stockholders
- Stocks
- Tax administration
- Tax auditing
- Tax courts
- Tax deductions
- Tax evasion
- Tax exemption
- Tax penalties
- Tax preparers
- Tax refunds
- Tax returns
- Tax shelters
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Taxation
- Taxpayers
- Terrorism
- Unemployment insurance
- User charges
- Welfare eligibility
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 8, 2003Introduced in House
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