US HR5443

Bill

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require electronic filing of the annual returns of exempt organizations and provide for making such returns available for public inspection.

Introduced
04/10/2018

In Committee
04/11/2018

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

115th Congress

Bill Summary

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require electronic filing of the annual returns of exempt organizations and provide for making such returns available for public inspection. (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require all tax-exempt organizations to file their annual information returns electronically, and (2) require the Internal Revenue Service to make the returns available to the public in a machine readable format.

AI Summary

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require all tax-exempt organizations to file their annual information returns electronically. It also requires the Internal Revenue Service to make these electronically filed returns available to the public in a machine-readable format. The bill provides some transitional relief, allowing the Secretary of the Treasury to delay the electronic filing requirement for up to 2 years for small organizations or other organizations where the Secretary determines the requirement would cause undue burden without a delay.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (2)

Mike Kelly (R)*, Stephanie Murphy (D),

Last Action

Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 831, H.R. 5443 is laid on the table. (on 04/18/2018)

Official Document

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5443/all-info

(6 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5443/all-info
BillText	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5443/BILLS-115hr5443ih.pdf
Bill	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5443/BILLS-115hr5443ih.pdf.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
HR2916	Charities Helping Americans Regularly Throughout the Year Act of 2017	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Related
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
S1343	Charities Helping Americans Regularly Throughout the Year Act of 2017	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Related
S1793	Taxpayer Bill of Rights Enhancement Act of 2017	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5219)	Related

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