3.0.0
96
2025-12-05T22:58:30Z
2025-12-05T22:58:30Z
Senate
S
S
2025-01-15
119
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/96
- ssfi00
Finance Committee
Senate
Standing
  - Referred To
2025-01-15T18:16:36Z

- FAIR PREP Act of 2025
119
451
HR
2025-01-15
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  - Identical bill
CRS
- 2025-01-15
  - ssfi00
Finance Committee
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
IntroReferral
- 2025-01-15
Introduced in Senate
IntroReferral
10000
9
Library of Congress
- B001243
Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Marsha
Blackburn
R
TN
N
- D000618
Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Steve
Daines
R
MT
2025-01-15
True
- T000476
Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Thomas
Tillis
R
NC
Roland
2025-01-15
True
- B001261
Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
John
Barrasso
R
WY
2025-01-15
True
- R000618
Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]
Pete
Ricketts
R
NE
2025-01-15
True
- S001227
Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO]
Eric
Schmitt
R
MO
S.
2025-01-15
True
- H000601
Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN]
Bill
Hagerty
R
TN
2025-01-15
True
- R000584
Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
James
Risch
R
ID
E.
2025-01-15
True
- C001047
Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Shelley
Capito
R
WV
Moore
2025-01-15
True
- M001198
Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Roger
Marshall
R
KS
2025-01-15
True
- C001096
Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
Kevin
Cramer
R
ND
2025-01-15
True
Taxation
Taxation
2025-02-15T14:44:37Z
00
2025-01-15
Introduced in Senate
2025-03-24T18:57:54Z
Fostering Autonomy in Independent Returns by Prohibiting Redundant and Extralegal Programs Act of 2025 or the FAIR PREP Act of 2025
This bill prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from preparing federal tax returns or refund claims, with some exceptions. The bill specifically prohibits the preparation of federal income tax returns or refund claims through the IRS’s Direct File program. (The Direct File program currently allows qualified taxpayers in 25 participating states to prepare and electronically file free federal tax returns through a portal on the IRS’s website.)
The bill defines prepare with respect to federal tax returns and refund claims as (1) the completion (in whole or in part) of any form or schedule for the purpose of calculating federal taxes or refunds, and (2) the filing (either electronically or on paper) of such federal tax returns or refund claims.
However, under the bill, federal and state tax returns and refund claims may be prepared through the IRS’s Free File program (a program that allows certain taxpayers to prepare and file free federal and state income tax returns using third-party tax-preparation software) or the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance grant program (through which the IRS partners with local community organizations to help low-income and disabled individuals and persons with limited English proficiency prepare and file free federal and state income tax returns).
Further, the Department of the Treasury may not award grants or enter into contracts or other transactions for the development or operation of an electronic tax preparation service.

FAIR PREP Act of 2025
- Display Title
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FAIR PREP Act of 2025
2025-02-11T05:53:21Z
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
101

FAIR PREP Act of 2025
2025-02-11T05:53:19Z
Introduced in Senate
IS
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
101

Fostering Autonomy in Independent Returns by Prohibiting Redundant and Extralegal Programs Act of 2025
2025-02-11T05:53:19Z
Introduced in Senate
IS
- Official Title as Introduced
6

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit certain activities constituting preparation of tax returns by the Secretary of the Treasury, and for other purposes.
2025-02-11T05:48:34Z
Introduced in Senate
IS
- Introduced in Senate
2025-01-15T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s96is/xml/BILLS-119s96is.xml
2025-01-15
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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