[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1338 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1338

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply the mailbox rule to 
documents and payments electronically submitted to the Internal Revenue 
                    Service, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 27, 2023

   Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Ms. Cortez Masto) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply the mailbox rule to 
documents and payments electronically submitted to the Internal Revenue 
                    Service, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Electronic Communication Uniformity 
Act''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF MAILBOX RULE TO DOCUMENTS AND PAYMENTS 
              ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTED TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--Section 7502(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by inserting ``and Payment'' after 
        ``Filing'',
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``; electronic 
                filing'', and
                    (B) by striking ``and electronic filing'', and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Electronic filing and payment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If any return, claim, statement, 
                or other document required to be filed, or any payment 
                required to be made, within a prescribed period or on 
                or before a prescribed date under authority of any 
                provision of the internal revenue laws is sent 
                electronically by any person to the agency, officer, or 
                office with which such return, claim, statement, or 
                other document is required to be filed, or to which 
                such payment is required to be made, the date on which 
                such return, claim, statement, or other document, or 
                payment, is sent electronically by such person shall be 
                deemed to be the date of delivery or the date of 
                payment, as the case may be, regardless of the date on 
                which the applicable agency, officer, or office 
                receives or reviews such return, claim, statement, 
                document, or payment.
                    ``(B) Regulations.--Not later than December 31, 
                2024, the Secretary shall issue such regulations or 
                other guidance as the Secretary determines necessary to 
                carry out the purposes of this paragraph.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to any document or payment sent after December 31, 2024.
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