Access to Court Challenges for Exempt Status Seekers (ACCESS) Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1728
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN]
Introduced: 2015-07-09
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Judicial review and appeals

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Tax-exempt organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Access to Court Challenges for Exempt Status Seekers (ACCESS) Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the availability of the declaratory judgment legal remedy to all organizations that are currently classified as tax-exempt (currently, limited to "c-3" charitable, religious, or educational organizations) and to religious and apostolic organizations, for purposes of determining the initial or continuing qualification of such organizations for a tax exemption. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1728 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 9, 2015 Mr. Coats introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide equal access to declaratory judgments for organizations seeking tax-exempt status.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Access to Court Challenges for Exempt Status Seekers (ACCESS) Act of 2015 . 2. Equal access to declaratory judgments for organizations seeking tax-exempt status (a) In general Subparagraph (A) of section 7428(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (A) with respect to the initial qualification or continuing qualification of an organization as an organization described in section 501(c) or 501(d) which is exempt from tax under section 501(a) or as an organization described in section 170(c)(2), . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to pleadings filed after the date of the enactment of this Act.