3.0.0 996 2023-01-11T13:27:22Z 2023-01-11T13:27:22Z Senate S 2015-04-16 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-04-16T20:55:41Z Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Act 114 4835 HR 2016-03-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015 114 4128 HR 2015-11-30 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. Related bill CRS Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015 114 2333 S 2015-11-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2015-04-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2297) IntroReferral 2015-04-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2015-04-16 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2015-04-16 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2015-04-16 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2015-04-27 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2015-06-02 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2016-04-14 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2016-04-18 False Taxation Poverty and welfare assistance Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Taxation 00 2015-04-16 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-06T21:30:15Z Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Act

Directs the Internal Revenue Service to establish a Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grant Program (VITA grant program) for the development, expansion, or continuation of volunteer tax preparation programs to assist low-income taxpayers and members of underserved populations.

Establishes the National Center to Promote Quality, Excellence, and Evaluation in Volunteer Income Tax Assistance. Requires such Center to: (1) promote the adoption of a universally accessible volunteer training platform for the preparation of federal income tax returns, (2) provide technical assistance to tax return preparation program managers, (3) identify and disseminate best practices related to tax site management, (4) support outreach and marketing efforts, and (5) provide evaluation of programs and activities funded under this Act.

]]> Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Act Display Title Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Act Introduced in Senate 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s996is/xml/BILLS-114s996is.xml 2015-04-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2297) 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.