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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6084 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the Secretary 
of the Treasury to establish an Auto File Program which provides certain 
individuals with income tax forms containing pre-filled information. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2008 
Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to establish an Auto File 
Program which provides certain individuals with income 
tax forms containing pre-filled information. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited ast the ‘‘Auto File Act of 
2008’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTO FILE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE CERTAIN INDI-
VIDUALS WITH INCOME TAX FORMS CON-
TAINING PRE-FILLED INFORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 77 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to miscellaneous provisions) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 7529. AUTO FILE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE CERTAIN IN-
DIVIDUALS WITH INCOME TAX FORMS CON-
TAINING PRE-FILLED INFORMATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 
program under which eligible individuals will be mailed 
pre-filled return forms— 
‘‘(1) which they may use as a basis for pre-
paring their returns of tax imposed by chapter 1, 
and 
‘‘(2) which, based on applicable information, 
contain such information and computations as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE
INDIVIDUAL.—Except as pro-
vided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the 
term ‘eligible individual’ means any individual if— 
‘‘(A) credit was allowed to such individual 
under section 32 (relating to earned income 
credit) for the preceding taxable year, or 
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‘‘(B) based on applicable information for 
the taxable year, the Secretary determines 
that— 
‘‘(i) the taxpayer may be eligible for 
such credit for the taxable year, or 
‘‘(ii) the taxpayer’s only income for 
the taxable year is from wages, interest, 
dividends, pensions and annuities, social 
security benefits (as defined in section 
86(d)), unemployment compensation (as 
defined in section 85(b)), or individual re-
tirement plan distributions. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE
INFORMATION.—The term 
‘applicable information’ means information shown on 
returns received by the Secretary under part III of 
subchapter A of chapter 61 (relating to information 
returns). 
‘‘(c) TIMING
OF MAILINGS.—Mailings under sub-
section (a) shall be made as rapidly as possible after the 
close of the taxable year and, to the extent practicable, 
before the 1st day of the third month after the close of 
the taxable year. 
‘‘(d) RETURN TO BE VERIFIED BY TAXPAYER.— 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to relieve the 
taxpayer from any requirement under this title. 
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‘‘(e) REPORTING BY NATIONAL TAXPAYER ADVO-
CATE.—The National Taxpayer Advocate shall provide an-
nual reports to the Congress containing— 
‘‘(1) such Advocate’s assessment of the accu-
racy of the information provided on pre-filled forms 
for eligible taxpayers, and 
‘‘(2) such other information and recommenda-
tions as such Advocate deems appropriate. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 
such regulations as are necessary or appropriate to carry 
out the purposes of this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such chapter 77 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 7529. Auto file program to provide certain individuals with income tax 
forms containing pre-filled information.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to returns for taxable years begin-
ning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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