S. 940: Simpler Tax Filing Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-15 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-04-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Simpler Tax Filing Act of 2015

Plain summary

Simpler Tax Filing Act of 2015 Expresses the sense of Congress that the Internal Revenue Service should begin offering pre-prepared tax returns to as many taxpayers as possible by tax year 2020. Requires the Department of the Treasury to report to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee on actions necessary to achieve the goal of offering pre-prepared tax returns to taxpayers by tax year 2020, with an analysis of the budgetary, administrative, and legislative barriers to achieving such goal, including the amount of appropriations that would be required.

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Official text

Simpler Tax Filing Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · 1 cosponsors

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Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] reported raising $176,810 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s940.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s940 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114