3.0.0 3432 2023-01-11T13:23:07Z 2023-01-11T13:23:07Z Senate S S 2012-07-25 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-07-25T15:53:32Z Identify Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act 112 3215 HR 2011-10-14 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS Tax Crimes and Identity Theft Prevention Act 112 3482 HR 2011-12-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS Protect and Save Act of 2012 112 6205 HR 2012-07-26 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS Identify Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act 112 1534 S 2011-09-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5462) Related bill CRS 2012-07-25 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2012-07-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM N C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2012-07-25 True Taxation Administrative law and regulatory procedures Appropriations Computer security and identity theft Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Consumer credit Correctional facilities and imprisonment Crime prevention Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Department of Health and Human Services Department of the Treasury Executive agency funding and structure Fraud offenses and financial crimes Freedom of information Government information and archives Intergovernmental relations Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Medicare Right of privacy Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Taxation 00 2012-07-25 Introduced in Senate 2012-08-29T21:09:21Z Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a criminal penalty on any person who willfully misappropriates another person's taxpayer identity, (2) increase the penalty for unauthorized disclosure of taxpayer information by paid tax preparers, (3) require the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to submit to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance an annual report detailing the number of reports of tax fraud and suspected tax fraud received from state and local law enforcement agencies and actions taken in response to such reports, and (4) make permanent the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose information about federal or state prison inmates who may have filed or facilitated the filing of false or fraudulent tax returns and to allow disclosures of such information to contractors responsible for the operation of a federal or state prison.

Directs the Secretary to implement an identity theft tax fraud prevention program that provides for a unique personal identification number (PIN) on tax returns.

Authorizes the Commissioner to transfer appropriated funds to be used solely to prevent and resolve potential tax fraud cases.

Directs the Commissioner to establish in the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) the position of Local Law Enforcement Liaison to coordinate the investigation of tax fraud with state and local law enforcement agencies.

Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study and report on the role of prepaid debit cards and commercial tax preparation software in facilitating fraudulent tax returns through identity theft.

Prohibits the Secretary of Commerce from disclosing information contained on the Death Master File relating to a deceased individual to persons who are not certified to access such information.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) establish and implement procedures to eliminate the unnecessary collection, use, and display of Social Security account numbers of Medicare beneficiaries; (2) ensure that newly-issued Medicare identification cards meet certain security standards; and (3) establish a pilot program to evaluate the applicability of smart card technology to Medicare beneficiaries or providers and whether such cards would be effective in preventing Medicare fraud.

]]> Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act Display Title Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prevent identity theft and tax fraud. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act Introduced in Senate 2012-07-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3432is/xml/BILLS-112s3432is.xml 2012-07-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.