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To require the Secretary of the Treasury to submit to Congress a comprehensive customer service strategy for the Internal Revenue Service.

USA115th CongressHR-5375| House 
| Updated: 3/21/2018
Tom Reed

Tom Reed

Republican Representative

New York

Cosponsors (2)
Mike Bishop (Republican)Mike Kelly (Republican)

Ways and Means Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to submit to Congress a comprehensive customer service strategy for the Internal Revenue Service. The strategy must include: a plan to provide assistance that meets reasonable taxpayer expectations and conforms with best practices of customer service provided in the private sector; an assessment of self-service options; proposals to protect taxpayer identity and reduce identity theft; proposals to improve customer service in the short-term, medium-term, and long-term, and metrics and benchmarks for quantitatively measuring progress in meeting each element of the strategy.
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Timeline
Mar 21, 2018
Introduced in House
Mar 21, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • March 21, 2018
    Introduced in House


  • March 21, 2018
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

Related Bills

  • HR 115-5444: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance matching grant program, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for the issuance of identity protection personal identification numbers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow officers and employees of the Department of the Treasury to provide to taxpayers information regarding low-income taxpayer clinics, to provide for a single point of contact at the Internal Revenue Service for the taxpayers who are victims of tax-related identity theft, to require notice from the Secretary of the Treasury in the case of any closure of a Taxpayer Assistance Center, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require electronic filing of the annual returns of exempt organizations and provide for making such returns available for public inspection, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve cybersecurity and taxpayer identity protection, and modernize the information technology of the Internal Revenue Service, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restrict the immediate sale of seized property by the Secretary of the Treasury to perishable goods, and for other purposes.
Computer security and identity theftCongressional oversightFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment studies and investigationsPerformance measurementRight of privacyTax administration and collection, taxpayers

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to submit to Congress a comprehensive customer service strategy for the Internal Revenue Service.

USA115th CongressHR-5375| House 
| Updated: 3/21/2018
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to submit to Congress a comprehensive customer service strategy for the Internal Revenue Service. The strategy must include: a plan to provide assistance that meets reasonable taxpayer expectations and conforms with best practices of customer service provided in the private sector; an assessment of self-service options; proposals to protect taxpayer identity and reduce identity theft; proposals to improve customer service in the short-term, medium-term, and long-term, and metrics and benchmarks for quantitatively measuring progress in meeting each element of the strategy.
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Timeline
Mar 21, 2018
Introduced in House
Mar 21, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • March 21, 2018
    Introduced in House


  • March 21, 2018
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Tom Reed

Tom Reed

Republican Representative

New York

Cosponsors (2)
Mike Bishop (Republican)Mike Kelly (Republican)

Ways and Means Committee

Taxation

Related Bills

  • HR 115-5444: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance matching grant program, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for the issuance of identity protection personal identification numbers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow officers and employees of the Department of the Treasury to provide to taxpayers information regarding low-income taxpayer clinics, to provide for a single point of contact at the Internal Revenue Service for the taxpayers who are victims of tax-related identity theft, to require notice from the Secretary of the Treasury in the case of any closure of a Taxpayer Assistance Center, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require electronic filing of the annual returns of exempt organizations and provide for making such returns available for public inspection, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve cybersecurity and taxpayer identity protection, and modernize the information technology of the Internal Revenue Service, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restrict the immediate sale of seized property by the Secretary of the Treasury to perishable goods, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Computer security and identity theftCongressional oversightFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment studies and investigationsPerformance measurementRight of privacyTax administration and collection, taxpayers