110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3056 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal 
the authority of the Internal Revenue Service to use 
private debt collection companies, to delay implementa-
tion of withholding taxes on government contractors, to 
revise the tax rules on expatriation, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE; 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Tax Collection Responsibility Act of 2007’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.—Except as other-
wise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amend-
ment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment 
to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference 
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provi-
sion of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; amendment of 1986 Code; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Repeal of authority to enter into private debt collection contracts. 
Sec. 3. Delay of application of withholding requirement on certain governmental 
payments for goods and services. 
Sec. 4. Clarification of entitlement of Virgin Islands residents to protections of 
limitations on assessment and collection of tax. 
Sec. 5. Revision of tax rules on expatriation. 
Sec. 6. Repeal of suspension of certain penalties and interest. 
Sec. 7. Increase in information return penalties. 
Sec. 8. Time for payment of corporate estimated taxes. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO PRIVATE 
DEBT COLLECTION CONTRACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 64 is 
amended by striking section 6306. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Subchapter B of chapter 76 is amended by 
striking section 7433A. 
(2) Section 7811 is amended by striking sub-
section (g). 
(3) Section 1203 of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice Restructuring Act of 1998 is amended by strik-
ing subsection (e). 
(4) The table of sections for subchapter A of 
chapter 64 is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 6306. 
(5) The table of sections for subchapter B of 
chapter 76 is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 7433A. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection, the amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) EXCEPTION
FOR
EXISTING
CONTRACTS, 
ETC.—The amendments made by this section shall 
not apply to any contract which was entered into be-
fore July 18, 2007, and is not renewed or extended 
on or after such date. 
(3) UNAUTHORIZED CONTRACTS AND EXTEN-
SIONS TREATED AS VOID.—Any qualified tax collec-
tion contract (as defined in section 6306 of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect before its 
repeal) which is entered into on or after July 18, 
2007, and any extension or renewal on or after such 
date of any qualified tax collection contract (as so 
defined) shall be void. 
SEC. 3. DELAY OF APPLICATION OF WITHHOLDING RE-
QUIREMENT ON CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL 
PAYMENTS FOR GOODS AND SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 511 of 
the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 
2005 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2010’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2011’’. 
(b) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report with 
respect to the withholding requirements of section 3402(t) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including a detailed 
analysis of— 
(1) the problems, if any, which are anticipated 
in administering and complying with such require-
ments,
(2) the burdens, if any, that such requirements 
will place on governments and businesses (taking 
into account such mechanisms as may be necessary 
to administer such requirements), and 
(3) the application of such requirements to 
small expenditures for services and goods by govern-
ments. 
SEC. 4. CLARIFICATION OF ENTITLEMENT OF VIRGIN IS-
LANDS RESIDENTS TO PROTECTIONS OF LIM-
ITATIONS ON ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION 
OF TAX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 932 (re-
lating to treatment of Virgin Islands residents) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) TREATMENT
OF
INCOME
TAX
RETURN 
FILED WITH VIRGIN ISLANDS.—An income tax re-
turn filed with the Virgin Islands by an individual 
claiming to be described in paragraph (1) for the 
taxable year shall be treated for purposes of subtitle 
F in the same manner as if such return were an in-
come tax return filed with the United States for 
such taxable year. The preceding sentence shall not 
apply where such return is false or fraudulent with 
the intent to avoid tax or otherwise is a willful at-
tempt in any manner to defeat or evade tax.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
1986. 
SEC. 5. REVISION OF TAX RULES ON EXPATRIATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart A of part II of sub-
chapter N of chapter 1 is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 877 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 877A. TAX RESPONSIBILITIES OF EXPATRIATION. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULES.—For purposes of this sub-
title— 
‘‘(1) MARK TO MARKET.—All property of a cov-
ered expatriate shall be treated as sold on the day 
before the expatriation date for its fair market 
value. 
‘‘(2) RECOGNITION OF GAIN OR LOSS.—In the 
case of any sale under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) notwithstanding any other provision 
of this title, any gain arising from such sale 
shall be taken into account for the taxable year 
of the sale, and 
‘‘(B) any loss arising from such sale shall 
be taken into account for the taxable year of 
the sale to the extent otherwise provided by this 
title, except that section 1091 shall not apply to 
any such loss.
Proper adjustment shall be made in the amount of 
any gain or loss subsequently realized for gain or 
loss taken into account under the preceding sen-
tence, determined without regard to paragraph (3). 
‘‘(3) EXCLUSION FOR CERTAIN GAIN.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The amount which 
would (but for this paragraph) be includible in 
the gross income of any individual by reason of 
paragraph (1) shall be reduced (but not below 
zero) by $600,000. 
‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any 
taxable year beginning in a calendar year 
after 2008, the dollar amount in subpara-
graph (A) shall be increased by an amount 
equal to— 
‘‘(I) such dollar amount, multi-
plied by 
‘‘(II) the cost-of-living adjust-
ment determined under section 1(f)(3) 
for the calendar year in which the tax-
able year begins, by substituting ‘cal-
endar year 2007’ for ‘calendar year 
1992’ in subparagraph (B) thereof.
‘‘(ii) ROUNDING.—If any amount as 
adjusted under clause (i) is not a multiple 
of $1,000, such amount shall be rounded 
to the nearest multiple of $1,000. 
‘‘(b) ELECTION TO DEFER TAX.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the taxpayer elects the 
application of this subsection with respect to any 
property treated as sold by reason of subsection (a), 
the time for payment of the additional tax attrib-
utable to such property shall be extended until the 
due date of the return for the taxable year in which 
such property is disposed of (or, in the case of prop-
erty disposed of in a transaction in which gain is not 
recognized in whole or in part, until such other date 
as the Secretary may prescribe). 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF TAX WITH RESPECT 
TO PROPERTY.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the 
additional tax attributable to any property is an 
amount which bears the same ratio to the additional 
tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year 
solely by reason of subsection (a) as the gain taken 
into account under subsection (a) with respect to 
such property bears to the total gain taken into ac-
count under subsection (a) with respect to all prop-
erty to which subsection (a) applies.
‘‘(3) TERMINATION OF EXTENSION.—The due 
date for payment of tax may not be extended under 
this subsection later than the due date for the re-
turn of tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable 
year which includes the date of death of the expa-
triate (or, if earlier, the time that the security pro-
vided with respect to the property fails to meet the 
requirements of paragraph (4), unless the taxpayer 
corrects such failure within the time specified by the 
Secretary). 
‘‘(4) SECURITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No election may be 
made under paragraph (1) with respect to any 
property unless adequate security is provided 
with respect to such property. 
‘‘(B) ADEQUATE SECURITY.—For purposes 
of subparagraph (A), security with respect to 
any property shall be treated as adequate secu-
rity if— 
‘‘(i) it is a bond which is furnished to, 
and accepted by, the Secretary, which is 
conditioned on the payment of tax (and in-
terest thereon), and which meets the re-
quirements of section 6325, or
‘‘(ii) it is another form of security for 
such payment (including letters of credit) 
that meets such requirements as the Sec-
retary may prescribe. 
‘‘(5) WAIVER OF CERTAIN RIGHTS.—No elec-
tion may be made under paragraph (1) unless the 
taxpayer makes an irrevocable waiver of any right 
under any treaty of the United States which would 
preclude assessment or collection of any tax imposed 
by reason of this section. 
‘‘(6) ELECTIONS.—An election under paragraph 
(1) shall only apply to property described in the elec-
tion and, once made, is irrevocable. 
‘‘(7) INTEREST.—For purposes of section 6601, 
the last date for the payment of tax shall be deter-
mined without regard to the election under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION
FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY.—Sub-
section (a) shall not apply to— 
‘‘(1) any deferred compensation item (as de-
fined in subsection (d)(4)), 
‘‘(2) any specified tax deferred account (as de-
fined in subsection (e)(2)), and 
‘‘(3) any interest in a nongrantor trust (as de-
fined in subsection (f)(3)).
‘‘(d) TREATMENT
OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION 
ITEMS.— 
‘‘(1) WITHHOLDING
ON
ELIGIBLE
DEFERRED 
COMPENSATION ITEMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any eli-
gible deferred compensation item, the payor 
shall deduct and withhold from any taxable 
payment to a covered expatriate with respect to 
such item a tax equal to 30 percent thereof. 
‘‘(B) TAXABLE PAYMENT.—For purposes 
of subparagraph (A), the term ‘taxable pay-
ment’ means with respect to a covered expa-
triate any payment to the extent it would be in-
cludible in the gross income of the covered ex-
patriate if such expatriate continued to be sub-
ject to tax as a citizen or resident of the United 
States. A deferred compensation item shall be 
taken into account as a payment under the pre-
ceding sentence when such item would be so in-
cludible. 
‘‘(2) 
OTHER
DEFERRED
COMPENSATION 
ITEMS.—In the case of any deferred compensation 
item which is not an eligible deferred compensation 
item—
‘‘(A)(i) with respect to any deferred com-
pensation item to which clause (ii) does not 
apply, an amount equal to the present value of 
the covered expatriate’s accrued benefit shall be 
treated as having been received by such indi-
vidual on the day before the expatriation date 
as a distribution under the plan, and 
‘‘(ii) with respect to any deferred com-
pensation item referred to in paragraph (4)(D), 
the rights of the covered expatriate to such item 
shall be treated as becoming transferable and 
not subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture on 
the day before the expatriation date, 
‘‘(B) no early distribution tax shall apply 
by reason of such treatment, and 
‘‘(C) appropriate adjustments shall be 
made to subsequent distributions from the plan 
to reflect such treatment. 
‘‘(3) 
ELIGIBLE
DEFERRED
COMPENSATION 
ITEMS.—For purposes of this subsection, the term 
‘eligible deferred compensation item’ means any de-
ferred compensation item with respect to which— 
‘‘(A) the payor of such item is— 
‘‘(i) a United States person, or