The Taxpayer First Act of 2019, which would redesign the Internal Revenue Service, passed the full House on Tuesday.
The legislation, H.R. 1957, which passed the House Ways & Means Committee on April 2, has bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress.
Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, stated after the vote that “with a new tax code, it is time for a new tax administrator. I applaud the House for passing the Taxpayer First Act — a bold step to redesign the IRS to be an agency with one singular mission: putting taxpayers first.”
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“Provisions in this bill protect low- and moderate-income taxpayers, create sensible enforcement reforms, and ensure the IRS provides taxpayers and small businesses the assistance they deserve,” House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., said upon committee passage. “The commonsense, much-needed reforms in this legislation will modernize the IRS and rightfully prioritize taxpayers.”
Among the bill’s 45 changes to the IRS includes...
