Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability, and Consistency Act of 2008
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.
- IntroducedApr 15, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | Original | Apr 15, 2008 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Apr 22, 2008 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Apr 24, 2008 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Apr 24, 2008 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Apr 30, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Apr 30, 2008 | |
| D-ND | Earl Pomeroy | May 14, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | May 14, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | May 20, 2008 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jun 4, 2008 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Jun 4, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jul 15, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Jul 15, 2008 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Jul 15, 2008 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Sep 15, 2008 |
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 15, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2008Introduced in House
- Apr 15, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-740 | THE EFFECTS OF THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY ON SMALL BUSINESSES AND WORKERS62 pages | Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | Apr 28, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules relating to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability, and Consistency Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2008Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
