Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act of 2019
Latest action · Jun 18, 2019 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.
- IntroducedJun 18, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act of 2019
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to regulate tax return preparers, including by sanctioning preparers for incompetence and disreputable behavior and by establishing minimum competency standards for preparers.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 18, 2019 to Mar 13, 2020, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Jun 18, 2019 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Jun 18, 2019 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| R-SC | Tom Rice | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Oct 18, 2019 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Mar 13, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 18, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 18, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1138 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the earned income and child tax credits, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Apr 10, 2019 |
| S 1192 | Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Apr 11, 2019 |
| HR 3157 | Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jun 6, 2019 |
| HR 8501 | TEAMS Act | Related bill | Oct 1, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Administrative remedies
- Congressional oversight
- Department of the Treasury
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Government studies and investigations
- Intergovernmental relations
- State and local government operations
- State and local taxation
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 18, 2019Introduced in House
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