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<dc:title>117 S4961 IS: To provide limits on the reduction of Internal Revenue Service user fees.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2022-09-27</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>117th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 4961</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20220927">September 27, 2022</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S396">Mrs. Blackburn</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFI00">Committee on Finance</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To provide limits on the reduction of Internal Revenue Service user fees.</official-title></form><legis-body><section id="id6FC9ABB51DE94E708F1D341EC5D51752" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Reduced user fees</header><subsection id="id537D9532000B408D9F50885C6C1C6208"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/7528">Section 7528(b)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block id="id9941F7A9C98943EBAC705F0AF864C988" style="tax" act-name=""><paragraph id="idE80DD60BA1A44377B9520E2459E20DA4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Rules relating to reduced fees</header><subparagraph id="id239703B7B8A54F02AEB1E5C730316E80"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any fee as reduced under paragraph (2)(A) shall not exceed 5 percent of the lowest fee charged under this subsection for any non-qualified person.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF48075CE13F54173A025913F1446723A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicability</header><clause id="id1D9B8FE2CFDA4D70AF81E41485A1EC69"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide for a reduced fee under paragraph (2)(A) only for persons who are not non-qualified persons.</text></clause><clause id="id06D3002B7409466198890DB1A9A7B05B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Non-qualified person</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, with respect to any taxable year, the term <term>non-qualified person</term> means any person whose gross income for the taxable year is $5,000,000 or more.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9F4FE57A67CC43D19F22096543876545" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Adjustment for Inflation</header><clause commented="no" id="idA908730F1F004903A85BB37A00D8327B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2022, the $5,000,000 amount in subparagraph (B) shall be increased by an amount equal to—</text><subclause commented="no" id="idB705E2C5E99B416CACA588ABE9CC9E45"><enum>(I)</enum><text>such amount, multiplied by</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id6D6EB3649CCD4622849DFC8D9C5C432D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, determined by substituting <quote>2021</quote> for <quote>2016</quote> in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof. </text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id59BA4647E01F49118B34C12B0B7953A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Rounding</header><text>If any amount as adjusted under clause (i) is not a multiple of $10,000, such amount shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $10,000.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idACE3F50CD9C34479B06B578A4CB2C96E"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>This paragraph shall not apply to any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2025.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id3901646DEF2A4E0680DE3E7A9EDEB5C6" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to fees charged after the date of the enactment of this Act. </text></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

