HR 5804 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability, and Consistency Act of 2008

Introduced Apr 15, 2008 Originated House Sponsor Jim McDermott D-WA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 15, 2008 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.

  1. IntroducedApr 15, 2008
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability and Consistency Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require reporting to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of payments of $600 or more made to corporations; (2) set forth criteria and rules relating to the treatment of workers as employees or independent contractors; and (3) increase penalties for failure to file correct tax return information or comply with other information reporting requirements.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to issue an annual report on worker misclassification.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 15, 2008 to Sep 15, 2008, with 23 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-PAAllyson Y. SchwartzOriginalApr 15, 2008
D-ALArtur DavisOriginalApr 15, 2008
D-OHBetty SuttonOriginalApr 15, 2008
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalApr 15, 2008
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalApr 15, 2008
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalApr 15, 2008
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalApr 15, 2008
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalApr 15, 2008
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOriginalApr 15, 2008
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalApr 15, 2008
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalApr 15, 2008
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalApr 15, 2008
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalApr 15, 2008
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalApr 15, 2008
D-ILPhil HareOriginalApr 15, 2008
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Actions 2

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  1. Apr 15, 2008Introduced in House
  2. Apr 15, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

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  1. Apr 15, 2008Introduced in House

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