Taxpayer Identity Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3568
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2015-09-18
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2015-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-09-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Taxpayer Identity Protection Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the statement reporting wages and other tax information to show an identifying number for the employee (current law requires the employee's social security number). </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3568 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2015 Mr. Buchanan (for himself and Mr. McDermott ) 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 2015 . 2. Extend Internal Revenue Service authority to require truncated Social Security numbers on Form W–2 (a) Wages 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.