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House overwhelmingly passes taxpayer assistance bill
A bill designed to reduce taxpayers burdens while ramping up protections easily passed the House on Wednesday, by a vote of 399-9.
The measure has more than a dozen provisions, including one that provides payment options for taxpayers and another to help businesses and nonprofits by relaxing record keeping requirements for cell phones used by their employees.
"With this bill, we will try to ease some of the burden and ensure that the system is working for American taxpayers and businesses," said Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), the bill's sponsor.
Provisions in the bill include:
• Eliminate strict rules requiring individuals to keep details records on cell phones used for business purposes.
• Provide an exemption for electronic filing for taxpayers with religious reasons.
• Requires the Internal Revenue Service to pay interest on individual refunds filed electronically if the refund is not paid within 30 days or later of the return due date or the date the return is filed.
• Requires a study on the effectiveness of collection alternatives.
• Repeal of the partial payment requirement on submissions of offers-in-compromsie. • Require the IRS to inform taxpayers when they suspect identity theft. • Require a study on reducing the number of taxpayers who make in-person payments at IRS Taxpayer Assistance Centers. • Clarifies the penalty applicable to bad checks or money orders extends to all commercially acceptable instruments of payments.
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