Taxpayer Identity Protection and Alert Act of 2016 2016-07-12 Introduced in House Taxpayer Identity Protection and Alert Act of 2016

This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to submit to Congress a report including: (1) an assessment of the feasibility of notifying a taxpayer when a return (including any claim for a credit or a refund) has been filed for the taxpayer, and (2) recommendations with respect to any infrastructure or other changes that would facilitate the notification process. The assessment must include the feasibility of transmitting the notification using the contact information on file with the IRS in addition to any contact information provided in the return.

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