Taxpayer Receipt Act
Latest action · Mar 2, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedMar 2, 2011
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Taxpayer Receipt Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide every taxpayer who files an individual income tax return for any taxable year an itemized tax receipt showing: (1) the proportionate allocation of the taxpayer's payment in such year among major expenditure categories of the federal budget (e.g., social security, national defense, Medicare and other federal health programs, low-income assistance programs, unemployment benefits, net interest on the federal debt, and other federal programs); and (2) the amount of the federal debt at the end of the fiscal year and the amount of additional borrowing by the federal government in such fiscal year per each legal U.S. resident.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 2, 2011 to May 23, 2011, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MA | Scott P. Brown | Original | Mar 2, 2011 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Mar 15, 2011 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Mar 28, 2011 | |
| D-WI | Herb Kohl | May 23, 2011 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2011Introduced in Senate
- Mar 2, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1527 | Taxpayer Receipt Act | Identical bill | Apr 13, 2011 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2011Introduced in Senate
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