Tax Filing Simplification Act of 2022
Latest action · Jul 13, 2022 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.
- IntroducedJul 13, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Tax Filing Simplification Act of 2022
This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to establish a free on-line tax preparation and filing service and allows taxpayers to access third-party provided tax return information and information held by the IRS.
The bill prohibits the IRS from entering into any agreement that restricts its legal right to provide tax return preparation services or to provide tax return filing services.
The bill requires the IRS to establish and operate programs to (1) facilitate claims for the child care and the earned income tax credits, (2) provide software for the preparation and filing of individual income tax returns for taxable years beginning after 2022, (3) allow taxpayers to download third-party provided return information and IRS-held information to their tax returns, and (4) allow taxpayers to elect to have their tax returns prepared by the IRS.
The bill also requires verification of taxpayer identity and requires the IRS to conduct an outreach campaign to provide the public with information about this bill's programs and software.
Cosponsors 53
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 13, 2022 to Oct 21, 2022; 48 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-HI | Kaiali'i Kahele | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Jul 29, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jul 29, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Sep 28, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 29, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Oct 21, 2022 |
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 Jul 13, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 13, 2022Introduced in House
- Jul 13, 2022Referred 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 115, July 13, 2022, page H6336.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN11992 | Prefilled Individual Income Tax Return Filing: What It Is and Policy Issues Archived | Insight | Aug 22, 2022 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4508 | Tax Filing Simplification Act of 2022 | Identical bill | Jul 12, 2022 |
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 establish a free on-line tax preparation and filing service and programs that allow taxpayers to access third-party provided tax return information and information held by the Internal Revenue Service.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Tax Filing Simplification Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 13, 2022Introduced 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.
