To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft.

Bill: 113-hr-5670
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2014-09-18
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft

Crime prevention

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-09-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process designed to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated through electronic identity theft, including the use of security questions that allow for electronic matching of the answers to establish the taxpayer's identity.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5670 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2014 Mr. Yoho (for himself, Mr. Murphy of Florida , Ms. Ros-Lehtinen , Mr. Grayson , Mr. Collins of New York , Mr. Rice of South Carolina , Mr. Jolly , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , Ms. Brown of Florida , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. Hastings of Florida , Mr. Stockman , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Diaz-Balart , Mr. Southerland , and Mr. Bilirakis ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft.

1. Implementation of security measures in electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud The Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary’s designee, shall implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process designed to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated through the use of electronic identity theft. Such measures shall include the use of security questions which allow for electronic matching of the answers to such questions to establish the identity of the taxpayer before the electronic filing of a tax return by such taxpayer.