US HR5439

Bill

To provide for a single point of contact at the Internal Revenue Service for the taxpayers who are victims of tax-related identity theft.

Introduced
04/09/2018

In Committee
04/11/2018

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

115th Congress

Bill Summary

To provide for a single point of contact at the Internal Revenue Service for the taxpayers who are victims of tax-related identity theft. (Sec. 1) This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide a single point of contact for any taxpayer whose tax return has been delayed or otherwise adversely affected due to tax-related identity theft. The single point of contact must track the taxpayer's case to completion and coordinate with other IRS employees to resolve case issues as quickly as possible. The single point of contact must consist of a team or subset of specially trained employees who: (1) have the ability to work across functions to resolve the issues involved in the taxpayer's case, and (2) are accountable for handling the case until its resolution.

AI Summary

This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide a single point of contact for any taxpayer whose tax return has been delayed or otherwise adversely affected due to tax-related identity theft. The single point of contact must track the taxpayer's case to completion and coordinate with other IRS employees to resolve case issues as quickly as possible. The single point of contact must consist of a team or subset of specially trained employees who have the ability to work across functions to resolve the issues involved in the taxpayer's case and are accountable for handling the case until its resolution.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (4)

James Renacci (R)*, Dave Joyce (R), John Lewis (D), Kyrsten Sinema (I),

Last Action

Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 831, H.R. 5439 is laid on the table. (on 04/18/2018)

Official Document

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5439/all-info

(3 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5439/all-info
BillText	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5439/BILLS-115hr5439ih.pdf
Bill	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5439/BILLS-115hr5439ih.pdf.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
HR5444	21st Century IRS Act Taxpayer First Act Short Titles as Reported to House Taxpayer First Act	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Related
HR7227	Taxpayer First Act of 2018	Received in the Senate.	Related
HRes831	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 5444) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 5445) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve cybersecurity and taxpayer identity protection, and modernize the information technology of the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes.	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Similar To

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