Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2768
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2013-07-22
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Department of the Treasury

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Lawyers and legal services

Right of privacy

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to ensure that IRS employees are familiar with and act in accordance with taxpayer rights, including the right to be informed, to be assisted, to be heard, to pay no more than the correct amount of tax, to an appeal, to certainty, to privacy, to confidentiality, to representation, and to a fair and just tax system.</p>

action_date: 2013-07-31
action_desc: Passed House amended
text: <p>Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to ensure that IRS employees are familiar with and act in accordance with taxpayer rights, including the right to be informed, to be assisted, to be heard, to pay no more than the correct amount of tax, to an appeal, to certainty, to privacy, to confidentiality, to representation, and to a fair and just tax system.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2768 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that a duty of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue is to ensure that Internal Revenue Service employees are familiar with and act in accord with certain taxpayer rights.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2013 . 2. Duty to ensure that IRS employees are familiar with and act in accord with certain taxpayer rights Section 7803 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4) and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: (3) Execution of Duties in Accord with Taxpayer Rights In discharging his duties, the Commissioner shall ensure that employees of the Internal Revenue Service are familiar with and act in accord with taxpayer rights as afforded by other provisions of this title, including— (A) the right to be informed, (B) the right to be assisted, (C) the right to be heard, (D) the right to pay no more than the correct amount of tax, (E) the right of appeal, (F) the right to certainty, (G) the right to privacy, (H) the right to confidentiality, (I) the right to representation, and (J) the right to a fair and just tax system. .

Passed the House of Representatives July 31, 2013. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2768 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 22, 2013 Mr. Roskam 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 clarify that a duty of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue is to ensure that Internal Revenue Service employees are familiar with and act in accord with certain taxpayer rights.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2013 . 2. Duty to ensure that IRS employees are familiar with and act in accord with certain taxpayer rights Section 7803 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4) and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: (3) Execution of Duties in Accord with Taxpayer Rights In discharging his duties, the Commissioner shall ensure that employees of the Internal Revenue Service are familiar with and act in accord with taxpayer rights as afforded by other provisions of this title, including— (A) the right to be informed, (B) the right to be assisted, (C) the right to be heard, (D) the right to pay no more than the correct amount of tax, (E) the right of appeal, (F) the right to certainty, (G) the right to privacy, (H) the right to confidentiality, (I) the right to representation, and (J) the right to a fair and just tax system. .

tv_txt: IIB 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2768 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 1, 2013 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance AN ACT To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that a duty of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue is to ensure that Internal Revenue Service employees are familiar with and act in accord with certain taxpayer rights.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2013 . 2. Duty to ensure that IRS employees are familiar with and act in accord with certain taxpayer rights Section 7803 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4) and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: (3) Execution of Duties in Accord with Taxpayer Rights In discharging his duties, the Commissioner shall ensure that employees of the Internal Revenue Service are familiar with and act in accord with taxpayer rights as afforded by other provisions of this title, including— (A) the right to be informed, (B) the right to be assisted, (C) the right to be heard, (D) the right to pay no more than the correct amount of tax, (E) the right of appeal, (F) the right to certainty, (G) the right to privacy, (H) the right to confidentiality, (I) the right to representation, and (J) the right to a fair and just tax system. .

Passed the House of Representatives July 31, 2013. Karen L. Haas, Clerk