Taxpayer Identity Theft Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-4089
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2017-10-19
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

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Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2017-10-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-10-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Taxpayer Identity Theft Protection Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code&nbsp;to require the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)&nbsp;to issue an identity protection personal identification number at the request of an individual taxpayer, after the taxpayer's true identity has been established and verified, to prevent the misuse of the taxpayer's Social Security account number on fraudulent federal income tax returns. The IRS must then publicize the availability of such identification numbers, including through electronic means. </p> <h3></h3>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4089 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 19, 2017 Mrs. Wagner 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 require the Secretary of the Treasury to issue identity protection personal identification numbers with respect to identity theft-related tax fraud.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Identity Theft Protection Act . 2. Identity protection personal identification numbers (a) In general Section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (j) Use of IP PINs (1) In general At the request of any individual, the Secretary shall, after the individual’s true identity has been established and verified, issue an identity protection personal identification number to such individual, and such number shall be used as the identifying number for such individual for purposes of this title. (2) Identity protection personal identification number defined For purposes of paragraph (1), an identity protection personal identification number is a number assigned by the Secretary to a taxpayer to help prevent the misuse of the Social Security account number of the taxpayer on fraudulent Federal income tax returns. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 6109(d) of such Code is amended by inserting provided by subsection (j) or as after except as . (c) Publicity of IP PIN availability The Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary’s delegate, shall publicize the availability of the use of identity protection personal identification numbers pursuant to section 6109(j) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including through electronic means. (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to requests made after the date of the enactment of this Act.