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H.R. 5479: Military Taxpayer Assistance Act

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H.R. 5479: Military Taxpayer Assistance Act

115th Congress · introduced 2018-04-11 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-04-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Military Taxpayer Assistance Act

Plain summary

Military Taxpayer Assistance Act This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to establish a special unit within the IRS office of Stakeholder Partnership, Education and Communication to be responsible for outreach, education, and assistance concerning the tax issues applicable to members of the uniformed services and organizations that provide tax assistance to them. The IRS must: (1) staff the new unit with veterans, to the extent possible; and (2) ensure that ample funding is allocated to the unit to provide face-to-face training for the military volunteers providing income tax assistance in overseas locations. The IRS must also: (1) establish and maintain a toll-free telephone number to answer tax questions and resolve tax account and compliance issues for members of the uniformed services and their families, and (2) ensure that information relating to military taxpayers is current on the IRS website.

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Official text

Military Taxpayer Assistance Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] · 1 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr5479 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115