IRS Overreach Prevention Act

Bill: 118-hr-9109
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2024-07-23
Policy area: Taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2024-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-07-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>IRS Overreach Prevention Act&nbsp;</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from continuing its Direct File program or from developing or providing to taxpayers any successor program that provides a free, public electronic return-filing service option.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9109 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 23, 2024 Mr. Smith of Nebraska (for himself, Mr. Edwards , Mrs. Miller of West Virginia , Mr. Reschenthaler , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Womack , Mr. Steube , Mr. Hern , and Mr. Bacon ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from implementing or continuing a free, public electronic tax return-filing service option.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the IRS Overreach Prevention Act . 2. Prohibition of free direct file programs The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) may not continue the Direct File program of the Internal Revenue Service, and may not develop or provide to taxpayers any successor program which provides a free, public electronic return-filing service option.