Electronic Signature Standards Act of 2017
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Internal Revenue Service to publish guidance to establish uniform standards and procedures for the acceptance of practitioner signatures in digital or other electronic form for the purposes of: (1) disclosures of tax returns and return information to a designee of the taxpayer, and (2) any power of attorney executed by the taxpayer.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-09 | IntroReferral | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate |
| 2017-05-09 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |