To amend title 31, United States Code, to allow certain local tax debt to be collected through the reduction of Federal tax refunds.

4/17/2007--Introduced.
Amends federal monetary law relating to reduction of a tax refund by the amount of a tax debt to establish a pilot program during 2009 and 2010 for the collection of past-due legally enforceable local government tax obligations. Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury, upon receiving notice from any eligible state on behalf of a local government that a named person owes such local government a past-due, legally enforceable tax obligation, to:
(1) reduce the federal tax refunds payable to such person by the amount of such debt;
(2) pay the amount of such reduction to the state for payment to the affected local government;
(3) notify the state of the person's name, taxpayer identification number, address, and the amount collected; and
(4) notify the person due the refund that it has been reduced by an amount necessary to satisfy a past-due, legally enforceable tax obligation. Requires the Secretary to select between three and five states to participate in the pilot program, including from among:
(1) Illinois;
(2) Iowa;
(3) Louisiana;
(4) New York;
(5) Ohio; and
(6) Virginia. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit disclosure of taxpayer information to agencies of states requesting refund offsets for tax debts owed to local governments.

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Sponsor

• Thomas Davis
• and 5 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Brian Bilbray [R, CA-50]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
  • Rep. Michael Turner [R, OH-3]
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Committees

• House Ways and Means
• 2 more
  • House Oversight and Government Reform
  • House Oversight and Government Reform
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.1865

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April 17, 2007

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• Jul 16, 2008: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Added to calendar on Jul 16, 2008: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote..
• May 09, 2007: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• May 09, 2007: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
• Apr 19, 2007: Committee Hearings Held.
• Apr 18, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
• Introduced on Apr 17, 2007.
• Apr 17, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Apr 17, 2007: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
• Apr 17, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means

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Related Issue Areas:

• Taxation
• Administrative fees
• Administrative procedure
• Administrative remedies
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• Budgets
• Child support
• Children
• Collection of accounts
• Department of the Treasury
• Executive departments
• Federal-local relations
• Federal-state relations
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Illinois
• Income tax
• Iowa
• Law
• Local government
• Local taxation
• Louisiana
• New York State
• Ohio
• Politics and government
• State and local government
• State politics and government
• State taxation
• Tax refunds
• Tax returns
• Virginia

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