HR 1152 · in committee · major
Electronic Filing and Payment Fairness Act
- taxes
What this bill does
- This bill applies the mail postmark rule to electronic tax filings, treating them as delivered on the date sent.
- It affects taxpayers who file electronically and the IRS's tax administration procedures.
- The IRS must issue guidance on electronic tax documents and payments by December 31, 2025.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would treating electronically filed taxes as delivered on their sending date rather than receipt date change filing deadlines for taxpayers?
- 02
What administrative costs might the IRS incur to implement new guidance for electronic tax documents and payments by the 2025 deadline?
- 03
Could this electronic postmark rule create disputes over proof of sending time, and how would the IRS verify when a filing was actually transmitted?
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Sponsor · R-IL-16
Darin LaHood
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Introduced 2025-04-01
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Legislative timeline
2025-04-01 · senate · IntroReferral
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2025-03-31 · Floor
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
2025-03-31 · house · Floor
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2025-03-31 · house · Floor
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1355)
2025-03-31 · house · Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1152.
2025-03-31 · house · Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1354-1356)
2025-03-31 · house · Floor
Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2025-03-27 · house · Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 32.
2025-03-27 · house · Committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-45.
2025-03-27 · Committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-45.
2025-02-12 · house · Committee
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
2025-02-12 · house · Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2025-02-10 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2025-02-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House

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