3.0.0 2304 2022-11-01T19:47:14Z 2022-11-01T19:47:14Z House HR 2019-04-12 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 64 (Friday, April 12, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. FOSTER:H.R. 2304.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of theUnited States Constitution.[Page H3265]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-04-12T18:31:20Z 2019-04-12 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2019-04-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-04-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000454 Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] Bill Foster D IL 11 N Taxation Administrative law and regulatory procedures Computers and information technology Department of the Treasury Government information and archives Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Taxation 00 2019-04-12 Introduced in House 2019-06-05T15:34:32Z Autofill Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish a program to allow taxpayers to download income tax forms that are populated with tax return information (e.g., wages, withholding, and self-employment income) previously reported to Treasury for the taxable year.

By October 31, 2019, Treasury must: (1) establish standards for data download to tax preparation software, and (2) provide a demonstration server for downloading the partially populated printable document file.

By February 15, 2020, and annually thereafter, Treasury must a provide a secure function on its website that allows a taxpayer to download, as both a printable document file and in a form suitable for input to automatic tax preparation software, the 1040, 1040A, and 1040EZ forms that are populated with tax return information previously reported to Treasury.

The bill also establishes deadlines for reporting tax return information to Treasury and for making such information available for populating tax returns.

]]> Autofill Act of 2019 Display Title Autofill Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a program to populate downloadable tax forms with taxpayer return information. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Autofill Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2304ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2304ih.xml 2019-04-12 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.