HR 38 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Seniors' Tax Simplification Act of 2013

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 3, 2013 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. IntroducedJan 3, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Seniors' Tax Simplification Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make available a new federal income tax Form 1040SR (similar to Form 1040EZ) to individuals who have turned 65 as of the close of the taxable year. Allows the form to be used even if income includes: (1) social security benefits; (2) distributions from qualified retirement plans, annuities, or other such deferred payment arrangements; (3) interest and dividends; or (4) capital gains and losses.

Cosponsors 41

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2013 to Mar 11, 2014, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-GAJohn BarrowOriginalJan 3, 2013
R-SDKristi L. NoemMar 18, 2013
R-FLBill PoseyApr 11, 2013
D-NYEliot L. EngelApr 11, 2013
R-ILRodney DavisApr 11, 2013
R-OHSteve ChabotApr 11, 2013
R-MDAndy HarrisApr 12, 2013
D-MIGary C. PetersApr 12, 2013
R-NCRenee L. EllmersApr 12, 2013
R-FLThomas J. RooneyApr 12, 2013
R-KYBrett GuthrieApr 15, 2013
R-NVJoseph J. HeckApr 15, 2013
R-CAKen CalvertApr 15, 2013
R-SCMick MulvaneyApr 15, 2013
R-TXJohn Abney CulbersonApr 23, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 3, 2013Introduced in House
  2. Jan 3, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 448Seniors' Tax Simplification Act of 2013Identical billMar 5, 2013

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 3, 2013Introduced in House

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