Stolen Identify [sic] Refund Fraud Prevention Act of 2015
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require returns relating to employee wage statements, payment of wages in the form of group-term life insurance, and any payments required to be reported on Form 1099-MISC with respect to non-employee compensation to be filed on or before February 15 of the year following the calendar year to which such returns relate; (2) require the Department of the Treasury to notify a taxpayer of an unauthorized use of the identity of such taxpayer and any criminal charges relating to such unauthorized use; (3) require a taxpayer identifying number on W-2 forms instead of a Social Security number; and (4) impose a criminal penalty on any person who willfully misappropriates another person's taxpayer identity.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) shall: (1) ensure that taxpayers who have been adversely affected by identity theft have a centralized point of contact at the IRS, (2) implement a program to allow a taxpayer who has filed an identity theft affidavit to elect to prevent the processing of any tax return submitted in an electronic format by the taxpayer or a person purporting to be the taxpayer, and (3) report biannually to congressional tax committees on taxpayer identity theft and tax refund fraud and actions taken to combat it.
The bill amends the Social Security Act to allow the IRS access to information in the National Directory of New Hires for the sole purpose of identifying and preventing fraudulent tax return filings and claims for tax refunds.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-17 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate |
| 2016-05-16 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-16 | Floor | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2392) | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-16 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3832. | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-16 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2392-2395) | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-16 | Floor | Mr. Renacci moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-13 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 440. | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-13 | Discharge | Committee on the Judiciary discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-13 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-567, Part I. | House floor actions |
| 2016-04-28 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2016-04-28 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2015-10-26 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. | House floor actions |
| 2015-10-26 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. | House floor actions |
| 2015-10-26 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |