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HR 4974 · in committee · niche

DETECT Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study how artificial intelligence could help the IRS detect tax fraud.
  • It affects the IRS, taxpayers, and Congress as they consider new fraud detection methods.
  • The GAO must submit its report within 180 days of the bill becoming law.

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  1. 01

    What types of tax fraud does the IRS currently struggle most to detect, and how might AI specifically address those gaps?

  2. 02

    How could using AI for tax fraud detection affect the privacy of ordinary taxpayers versus the benefit of catching fraudsters?

  3. 03

    What evidence exists that AI-based fraud detection would be more cost-effective than the IRS's current methods?

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Introduced 2025-08-15

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-08-15 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

  2. 2025-08-15 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-08-15 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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