Tax Filing Relief for America Act

Bill: 116-s-3535
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2020-03-19
Policy area: Taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S1834)

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-03-19
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Tax Filing Relief for America Act</b></p> <p>This bill extends the filing deadline for tax returns and the payment of tax to July 15, 2020, for taxable year 2019. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3535 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 19, 2020 Mr. Thune (for himself, Mr. Daines , Mr. King , Mr. Burr , Mr. Van Hollen , Ms. Collins , Ms. Hassan , Ms. Stabenow , Ms. Sinema , Mr. Rounds , Mr. Sasse , Mrs. Capito , Mrs. Murray , Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Peters , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mr. Perdue , Mr. Roberts , Mr. Moran , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Boozman , Mr. Brown , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Cruz , Ms. Rosen , Mr. Cramer , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Hoeven , and Mr. Merkley ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To extend the due date for the return and payment of Federal income taxes to July 15, 2020, for taxable year 2019.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tax Filing Relief for America Act . 2. Deadlines for taxable year 2019 (a) In general In the case of returns for taxable year 2019, including for purposes of section 6151(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, section 6072(a) of such Code shall be applied— (1) by substituting July for April ; and (2) by substituting the seventh month for the fourth month . (b) Effective date Subsection (a) shall apply to all returns required to be filed for taxable year 2019.