HALT the IRS Act

Bill: 113-hr-2045
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2013-05-17
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>HALT the IRS Act - Prohibits officers or employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from initiating any new audit of any taxpayer for 180 days after enactment of this Act. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2045 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 17, 2013 Mr. Fleming (for himself, Mr. Rooney , Mr. Chabot , Mr. Culberson , and Mr. Benishek ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To prohibit officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service from initiating any new audits for 180 days.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the HALT the IRS Act . 2. Suspension of authority of IRS to initiate new audits An officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service shall not initiate any new audit of any taxpayer during the 180-day period beginning with the date of the enactment of this Act.