Tax Identity Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-4005
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2019-07-25
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Taxpayer Identity Protection Act </b></p> <p>This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service to submit to Congress a report on the Taxpayer Identification Number Perfection Program, including an explanation of the extent to which the information could be used to identify individuals receiving wages without work authorization.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4005 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 25, 2019 Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Hice of Georgia , Mr. Flores , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Budd , Mrs. Lesko , Mr. DesJarlais , Mr. Wright , and Mr. Perry ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To require the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to submit a report on the Taxpayer Identification Number Perfection Program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tax Identity Protection Act . 2. Report on the Taxpayer Identification Number Perfection Program The Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall, not later than the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to Congress a report on the Taxpayer Identification Number Perfection Program, including an explanation of the extent to which such information could be used to identify individuals receiving W–2 wages without work authorization.