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This bill would take back any unspent money that was set aside to improve the Internal Revenue Service under the Inflation Reduction Act. It also says that Congress believes a matching amount should instead be used to set up and run an “External Revenue Service.” In simple terms, the bill would move unused IRS enhancement funds away from the IRS and encourage them to be redirected to a new outside revenue agency.
- It applies only to money that has not yet been spent from the IRS enhancement funding approved in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
- The bill does not directly create the External Revenue Service, but it states that Congress should provide money for its establishment and administration.
- It focuses on rescinding “unobligated balances,” which means funds that were allocated but not yet committed to a specific use.
Official Summaries
Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act
This bill rescinds unobligated funds that were provided by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for enforcement activities related to the determination and collection of taxes, for taxpayer services, for operations support for taxpayer services and enforcement activities, for business system modernization, and for a task force to research options for a free, direct electronic filing (e-filing) tax return system.
The bill also rescinds unobligated funds that were provided by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 for expenses of the
- Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration,
- Office of Tax Policy,
- U.S. Tax Court, and
- offices within the Department of the Treasury that provide oversight and support for the IRS.
Finally, the bill expresses the sense of Congress that the rescinded unobligated funds that were appropriated to the IRS by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 should be appropriated for the establishment and administration of an External Revenue Service.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 175 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 175
To rescind the unobligated balances of amounts appropriated for
Internal Revenue Service enhancements and use such funding for an
External Revenue Service.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 21, 2025
Mr. Moreno introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Finance
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A BILL
To rescind the unobligated balances of amounts appropriated for
Internal Revenue Service enhancements and use such funding for an
External Revenue Service.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RESCISSION OF ENHANCED INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE RESOURCES.
(a) In General.--There are hereby rescinded all unobligated
balances from amounts appropriated or otherwise made available under
section 10301 of Public Law 117-169 (commonly known as the ``Inflation
Reduction Act of 2022'').
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that amounts
equal to the amounts rescinded under subsection (a) should be
appropriated for the establishment and administration of an External
Revenue Service.
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