Taxpayer Identity Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4910
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2014-06-19
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1029)

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-06-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Taxpayer Identity Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the statement reporting wages and other tax information to show an identifying number for the employee (currently, requires the employee's social security number). </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4910 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 19, 2014 Mr. McDermott (for himself, Mr. Levin , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Ms. Norton , Mr. Langevin , Ms. Schwartz , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mr. Becerra , Mr. Lewis , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. Reed , Mr. Paulsen , Mr. Griffin of Arkansas , Mr. Gerlach , Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California , Mr. Nugent , Mr. Tiberi , Mr. Enyart , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania ) 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 extend the authority of the Internal Revenue Service to require truncated social security numbers on Form W–2 wage and tax statements.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Identity Protection Act of 2014 . 2. Extension of IRS authority to require truncated Social Security numbers on Form W–2 (a) In general Paragraph (2) of section 6051(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking his social security account number and inserting an identifying number for the employee . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.