3.0.0 940 2023-01-11T13:27:24Z 2023-01-11T13:27:24Z Senate S 2015-04-15 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-04-15T14:19:09Z 2015-04-15 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-04-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2016-04-28 False Taxation Business records Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Taxation 00 2015-04-15 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-06T21:02:29Z Simpler Tax Filing Act of 2015

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Internal Revenue Service should begin offering pre-prepared tax returns to as many taxpayers as possible by tax year 2020.

Requires the Department of the Treasury to report to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee on actions necessary to achieve the goal of offering pre-prepared tax returns to taxpayers by tax year 2020, with an analysis of the budgetary, administrative, and legislative barriers to achieving such goal, including the amount of appropriations that would be required.

]]> Simpler Tax Filing Act of 2015 Display Title Simpler Tax Filing Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to study the feasibility of providing certain taxpayers with an optional, pre-prepared tax return, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Simpler Tax Filing Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s940is/xml/BILLS-114s940is.xml 2015-04-15 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.