To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a reduction in improper claims of refundable credits by directing the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure consistency of requirements for self and paid tax return preparers, and for other purposes.
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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) direct the Internal Revenue Service to ensure that all procedures and questions used to determine eligibility for the earned income tax credit, the child tax credit, and the American Opportunity, Hope Scholarship, and Lifetime Learning tax credits are substantially the same regardless of the method used for preparing and filing a tax return; and (2) extend the due diligence requirement for determining eligibility for the earned income tax credit to tax return preparers who prepare returns claiming such other tax credits.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Consulting services related to various general corporate tax issues and more specifically compliance tax issues impacting taxpayers and tax return preparers, and also tax issues impacting low and middle individual income taxpayers which were debated during the 114th session of Congress on the following bills: - H.R. 2334, Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2015 - H.R. 3430, Bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a reduction in improper claims of refundable credits by directing the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure consistency of requirements for self and paid tax return preparers - H.R. 4722, Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Act of 2016 - S. 2789, Tax Filing Simplification Act
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
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Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Consulting services related to various general corporate tax issues and more specifically compliance tax issues impacting taxpayers and tax return preparers, and also tax issues impacting low and middle individual income taxpayers which were debated during the 114th session of Congress on the following bills: - H.R. 2334, Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2015 - H.R. 3430, Bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a reduction in improper claims of refundable credits by directing the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure consistency of requirements for self and paid tax return preparers - H.R. 4722, Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Act of 2016 - S. 2789, Tax Filing Simplification Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Consulting services related to various general corporate tax issues and more specifically compliance tax issues impacting taxpayers and tax return preparers, and also tax issues impacting low and middle individual income taxpayers which were debated during the 114th session of Congress on the following bills: - H.R. 2334, Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2015 - H.R. 3430, Bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a reduction in improper claims of refundable credits by directing the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure consistency of requirements for self and paid tax return preparers - H.R. 4722, Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Act of 2016 - S. 2789, Tax Filing Simplification Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Consulting services related to various general corporate tax issues and more specifically compliance tax issues impacting taxpayers and tax return preparers, and also tax issues impacting low and middle individual income taxpayers which were debated during the 114th session of Congress on the following bills: - H.R. 902, Earned Income Tax Improvement and Simplification Act of 2015 - H.R. 1609, Tax Return Preparer Accountability Act of 2015 - S. 137, Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act of 2015 - H.R. 2334, Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2015 - H.R. 3430, Bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a reduction in improper claims of refundable credits by directing the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure consistency of requirements for self and paid tax return preparers - H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 - H.R. 3819, Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015 - H.R. 4722, Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Act of 2016
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Consulting services related to various general corporate tax issues and more specifically compliance tax issues impacting taxpayers and tax return preparers, and also tax issues impacting low and middle individual income taxpayers which were debated during the 114th session of Congress on the following bills: - H.R. 902, Earned Income Tax Improvement and Simplification Act of 2015 - H.R. 1609, Tax Return Preparer Accountability Act of 2015 - S. 137, Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act of 2015 - H.R. 2334, Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2015 - H.R. 3430, Bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a reduction in improper claims of refundable credits by directing the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure consistency of requirements for self and paid tax return preparers - H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 - H.R. 3819, Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Consulting services related to various general corporate tax issues and more specifically compliance tax issues impacting taxpayers and tax return preparers, and also tax issues impacting low and middle individual income taxpayers which were debated during the 114th session of Congress on the following bills: - H.R. 902, Earned Income Tax Improvement and Simplification Act of 2015 - H.R. 1609, Tax Return Preparer Accountability Act of 2015 - S. 137, Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act of 2015 - H.R. 2334, Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2015 - H.R. 3430, Bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a reduction in improper claims of refundable credits by directing the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure consistency of requirements for self and paid tax return preparers
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE