To require the Secretary of the Treasury to submit to Congress a comprehensive customer service strategy for the Internal Revenue Service.

Bill: 115-hr-5375
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2018-03-21
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft

Congressional oversight

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Government studies and investigations

Performance measurement

Right of privacy

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-03-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to submit to Congress a comprehensive customer service strategy for the Internal Revenue Service. </p> <p>The strategy must include: </p> <ul> <li> a plan to provide assistance that meets reasonable taxpayer expectations and conforms with best practices of customer service provided in the private sector; </li> <li> an assessment of self-service options; </li> <li> proposals to protect taxpayer identity and reduce identity theft; </li> <li> proposals to improve customer service in the short-term, medium-term, and long-term, and</li> <li>metrics and benchmarks for quantitatively measuring progress in meeting each element of the strategy. </li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5375 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 21, 2018 Mr. Reed (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , and Mr. Bishop of Michigan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To require the Secretary of the Treasury to submit to Congress a comprehensive customer service strategy for the Internal Revenue Service.

1. Comprehensive customer service strategy Not later than the date which is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the National Taxpayer Advocate, shall submit to Congress a written comprehensive customer service strategy for the Internal Revenue Service. Such strategy shall include— (1) a plan to provide assistance to taxpayers that is designed to meet reasonable taxpayer expectations and is in conformity with best practices of customer service provided in the private sector, including online services, telephone call back services, and training of employees providing customer services, (2) a thorough assessment of the services that the Internal Revenue Service can offer as self-service options, (3) proposals to protect taxpayer identity and to reduce taxpayer identity theft, (4) proposals to improve Internal Revenue Service customer service in the short term (the current and following fiscal year), medium term (approximately 3 to 5 fiscal years), and long term (approximately 10 fiscal years), and (5) identified metrics and benchmarks for quantitatively measuring the progress of the Internal Revenue Service in meeting each element of such strategy.