In an extraordinary bipartisan effort, top tax writers from both the House and Ways and Means Committee and from the Senate Finance Committee put together legislation to improve how the IRS works: modernize it, improve taxpayer services and strengthen taxpayer protections. On March 28, the Taxpayer First Act of 2019 was introduced in both the House and the Senate. An exact duplicate of the current bill was introduced in the House last December (HR 7227), was passed, and sent to the Senate, but was never taken up. Similar legislation was introduced in the Senate, according to a March 29 report from Checkpoint (Thomson Reuters). According to the Checkpoint report, the legislation “would establish an independent office of appeals within the IRS and require the IRS to submit to Congress plans to redesign the structure of the agency to improve efficiency, modernize technology systems, enhance cybersecurity and better meet taxpayer needs.” On April 10, 2019, Checkpoint reported that the House, on the day before which was April 9, approved the IRS reform bill unanimously.
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