3.0.0 5716 2022-02-03T05:22:55Z 2022-02-03T05:22:55Z House H HR 2008-04-08 110 hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-04-08T16:30:25Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-04-08T16:30:20Z 2008-04-08 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2008-04-08 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-08 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2008-04-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000287 Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31] XAVIER BECERRA D CA 31 N D000399 Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25] LLOYD DOGGETT D TX 25 2008-04-08 True P000096 Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8] WILLIAM PASCRELL D NJ J. 8 2008-04-08 True S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2008-04-09 False G000544 Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20] CHARLES GONZALEZ D TX A. 20 2008-04-17 False L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2008-04-23 False C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2008-04-29 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2008-05-05 False H001042 Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2 2008-05-06 False J000126 Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] EDDIE JOHNSON D TX BERNICE 30 2008-05-07 False B000911 Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3] CORRINE BROWN D FL 3 2008-05-08 False A000014 Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1] NEIL ABERCROMBIE D HI 1 2008-05-08 False M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2008-07-21 False Taxation Administrative procedure Bank accounts Commerce Consumer education Department of the Treasury Economics and Public Finance Finance and Financial Sector Financial services Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Grants-in-aid Income tax Law Loans Social Welfare Tax preparers Tax refunds Tax returns Taxpayers Volunteer workers Taxation 00 2008-04-08 Introduced in House 2008-11-04T22:16:32Z Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to publish a summary statement of specified taxpayer rights and obligations.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make grants to provide matching funds for qualified return preparation programs that provide volunteer income tax preparation assistance to low-income taxpayers; and (2) refer such taxpayers to taxpayer clinics funded by the federal government.

Requires the Secretary to establish a system for regulating and testing federal income tax return preparers.

Requires refund loan facilitators to file annual registrations with the Secretary and to make certain disclosures to borrowers about refund anticipation loans.

Expands and increases penalties on tax return preparers for understating taxpayer liabilities.

Requires the Secretary to furnish to the public the identity of enrolled agents and registered refund loan facilitators.

Permits enrolled agents licensed to practice before the Department of the Treasury to use the designation "enrolled agent," "EA," or "E.A."

Expresses the sense of Congress that the IRS should provide certain expanded services to taxpayers.

Authorizes the Secretary to award demonstration project grants to eligible entitites to provide bank accounts to taxpayers who currently do not have an account with a financial institution.

]]> Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2008 Display Title Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide taxpayer protection and assistance, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-04-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr5716ih/xml/BILLS-110hr5716ih.xml 2008-04-08 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.