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To require the Internal Revenue Service to issue a report on the tax gap, to establish a fellowship program within the Internal Revenue Service to recruit mid-career tax professionals to create and participate in an audit task force, and for other purposes.

USA117th CongressHR-5206| House 
| Updated: 9/10/2021
Kevin Brady

Kevin Brady

Republican Representative

Texas

Cosponsors (23)
Dusty Johnson (Republican)David Schweikert (Republican)Adrian Smith (Republican)Devin Nunes (Republican)Brett Guthrie (Republican)Darin LaHood (Republican)Brad R. Wenstrup (Republican)Beth Van Duyne (Republican)Jackie Walorski (Republican)Tim Walberg (Republican)Jason Smith (Republican)Lloyd Smucker (Republican)A. Drew Ferguson (Republican)Carol D. Miller (Republican)Jodey C. Arrington (Republican)Mike Kelly (Republican)Tom Rice (Republican)Ron Estes (Republican)Blaine Luetkemeyer (Republican)Tom Reed (Republican)Kevin Hern (Republican)Russ Fulcher (Republican)Vern Buchanan (Republican)

Ways and Means Committee, Financial Services Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to report to Congress on projections of the estimated tax gap (i.e., the difference between tax liabilities owed to the IRS and those liabilities that the IRS actually collects). The IRS may use artificial intelligence and related data analysis tools to calculate a tax gap projection. The bill also requires the Joint Committee on Taxation to issue periodic reports to the congressional tax committees on the tax gap projection. The bill restricts IRS funding to FY2021 levels for audits and enforcement until it publishes an updated tax gap projection. Funding is also restricted for certain purposes, including (1) targeting U.S. citizens who exercise their First Amendment rights, (2) targeting a group for regulatory scrutiny based on its ideological beliefs, and (3) auditing individual taxpayers with an adjusted gross income of less than $400,000. The bill directs the IRS to establish a fellowship program to recruit private sector tax experts to join the IRS to create and participate in the audit task force. The purposes of the tax force include performing audit case selection, educating IRS employees on emerging issues, auditing selected taxpayers, addressing offshore tax evasion, and identifying, mentoring, and training IRS junior employees with respect to audits.
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Timeline
Sep 10, 2021
Introduced in House
Sep 10, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 13, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 117-2721
Introduced in Senate
  • September 10, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • September 10, 2021
    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • September 13, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 117-2721
    Introduced in Senate

Taxation

Related Bills

  • HR 117-7485: Simplify, Don’t Amplify the IRS Act
  • S 117-2721: A bill to require the Internal Revenue Service to issue a report on the tax gap, to establish a fellowship program within the Internal Revenue Service to recruit mid-career tax professionals to create and participate in an audit task force, and for other purposes.
Accounting and auditingComputers and information technologyCongressional oversightDepartment of the TreasuryEmployee hiringExecutive agency funding and structureFirst Amendment rightsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementInternal Revenue Service (IRS)Political movements and philosophiesTax administration and collection, taxpayers

To require the Internal Revenue Service to issue a report on the tax gap, to establish a fellowship program within the Internal Revenue Service to recruit mid-career tax professionals to create and participate in an audit task force, and for other purposes.

USA117th CongressHR-5206| House 
| Updated: 9/10/2021
This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to report to Congress on projections of the estimated tax gap (i.e., the difference between tax liabilities owed to the IRS and those liabilities that the IRS actually collects). The IRS may use artificial intelligence and related data analysis tools to calculate a tax gap projection. The bill also requires the Joint Committee on Taxation to issue periodic reports to the congressional tax committees on the tax gap projection. The bill restricts IRS funding to FY2021 levels for audits and enforcement until it publishes an updated tax gap projection. Funding is also restricted for certain purposes, including (1) targeting U.S. citizens who exercise their First Amendment rights, (2) targeting a group for regulatory scrutiny based on its ideological beliefs, and (3) auditing individual taxpayers with an adjusted gross income of less than $400,000. The bill directs the IRS to establish a fellowship program to recruit private sector tax experts to join the IRS to create and participate in the audit task force. The purposes of the tax force include performing audit case selection, educating IRS employees on emerging issues, auditing selected taxpayers, addressing offshore tax evasion, and identifying, mentoring, and training IRS junior employees with respect to audits.
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Timeline
Sep 10, 2021
Introduced in House
Sep 10, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 13, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 117-2721
Introduced in Senate
  • September 10, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • September 10, 2021
    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • September 13, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 117-2721
    Introduced in Senate
Kevin Brady

Kevin Brady

Republican Representative

Texas

Cosponsors (23)
Dusty Johnson (Republican)David Schweikert (Republican)Adrian Smith (Republican)Devin Nunes (Republican)Brett Guthrie (Republican)Darin LaHood (Republican)Brad R. Wenstrup (Republican)Beth Van Duyne (Republican)Jackie Walorski (Republican)Tim Walberg (Republican)Jason Smith (Republican)Lloyd Smucker (Republican)A. Drew Ferguson (Republican)Carol D. Miller (Republican)Jodey C. Arrington (Republican)Mike Kelly (Republican)Tom Rice (Republican)Ron Estes (Republican)Blaine Luetkemeyer (Republican)Tom Reed (Republican)Kevin Hern (Republican)Russ Fulcher (Republican)Vern Buchanan (Republican)

Ways and Means Committee, Financial Services Committee

Taxation

Related Bills

  • HR 117-7485: Simplify, Don’t Amplify the IRS Act
  • S 117-2721: A bill to require the Internal Revenue Service to issue a report on the tax gap, to establish a fellowship program within the Internal Revenue Service to recruit mid-career tax professionals to create and participate in an audit task force, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Accounting and auditingComputers and information technologyCongressional oversightDepartment of the TreasuryEmployee hiringExecutive agency funding and structureFirst Amendment rightsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementInternal Revenue Service (IRS)Political movements and philosophiesTax administration and collection, taxpayers