H.R.7428 - Streamlining IRS Operations Act was cosponsored by Gerald Connolly.
It was referred to the Ways and Means committee.
This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service to require that any tax return that is prepared electronically, but is printed and filed on paper, bear a code that can convert such return to an electronic format when scanned.
117th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require electronically prepared tax returns to include scannable code when submitted on paper.
April 6, 2022
Ms. Porter (for herself and Mr. Connolly) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require electronically prepared tax returns to include scannable code when submitted on paper.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Streamlining IRS Operations Act”.
SEC. 2. Reducing the resource drain by requiring that electronically prepared paper returns include scannable code.
(a) In general.—Section 6011(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(8) SPECIAL RULE FOR RETURNS PREPARED ELECTRONICALLY AND SUBMITTED ON PAPER.—The Secretary shall require that any return of tax which is prepared electronically, but is printed and filed on paper, bear a code which can, when scanned, convert such return to electronic format.”.
(b) Conforming amendment.—Section 6011(e)(1) of such Code is amended by striking “paragraph (3)” and inserting “paragraphs (3) and (8)”.
(c) Effective date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to returns of tax the due date for which (determined without regard to extensions) is after December 31, 2022.
You can read the bill here.
