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 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 <p><strong>Fostering Autonomy in Independent Returns by Prohibiting Redundant and Extralegal Programs Act of 2025 or the FAIR PREP Act of 2025</strong></p><p>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.)</p><p>The bill defines <em>prepare</em> 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.</p><p>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&nbsp;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&nbsp;income tax returns).</p><p> Further, the Department of the Treasury may not award grants or enter into contracts&nbsp;or other transactions for the development or operation of an electronic tax preparation service.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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