3.0.0 4141 2023-01-11T13:32:31Z 2023-01-11T13:32:31Z House HR 2015-12-01 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 173 (Tuesday, December 1, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. BLACK:H.R. 4141.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United StatesConstitution.[Page H8860]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-12-01T15:01:20Z 2015-12-01 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2015-12-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-12-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001273 Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] Diane Black R TN 6 N M001181 Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7] Patrick Meehan R PA 7 2015-12-01 True M001158 Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24] Kenny Marchant R TX 24 2015-12-02 False N000184 Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large] Kristi Noem R SD L. 0 2015-12-08 False B001255 Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3] Charles Boustany R LA W. 3 2016-05-25 False B001289 Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1] Bradley Byrne R AL 1 2016-07-06 False Taxation Administrative remedies Business education Business ethics Department of the Treasury Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Tax administration and collection, taxpayers User charges and fees Taxation 00 2015-12-01 Introduced in House 2016-01-27T22:24:59Z Tax Return Preparer Competency Act of 2015

This bill grants the Department of the Treasury authority to regulate the practice of tax return preparers and to sanction preparers for incompetency or misconduct. The bill also imposes minimum competency standards for tax return prepares and requires Treasury to make publicly available a database identifying qualified tax return preparers.

]]> Tax Return Preparer Competency Act of 2015 Display Title Tax Return Preparer Competency Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To ensure that tax return preparers demonstrate minimum standards of competency. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Tax Return Preparer Competency Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr4141ih/xml/BILLS-114hr4141ih.xml 2015-12-01 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 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.