H.R.5719 - Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 2008

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to conform return preparer penalty standards, delay implementation of withholding taxes on government contractors, enhance taxpayer protections, assist low-income taxpayers, and for other purposes. view all titles (4)

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  • Short: Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 2008 as introduced.
  • Official: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to conform return preparer penalty standards, delay implementation of withholding taxes on government contractors, enhance taxpayer protections, assist low-income taxpayers, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 2008 as reported to house.
  • Short: Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 2008 as passed house.

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04/30/08
House GOP Perfects Parliamentary P...

... and the bill was very popular with the majority party — it would order the Internal Revenue Service to stop paying private tax coll...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
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04/29/08
House passes taxpayer rights bill,...

The House on April 15, 2008, passed HR 5719, The Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Bill of 2008, this year’s version of taxpayer r...

Source: CCH
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04/28/08
House wants documentation on use o...

The provision was included in the Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act (HR 5719), which passed April 15 by a 238-179 vote. ...

Source: Wichita Business Journal, KS
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04/20/08
Democrats Launch 'Stealthy Assault...

The House last week passed a tax bill (HR 5719) that included a provision under which individuals with tax-free health savings accounts w...

Source: Kaiser network.org, DC
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04/20/08
Cayman Islands in the Foreign Press

EUREKA, USA: The Eureka Reporter, April 18, 2008 – The Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act (HR 5719), which North Coast Congress...

Source: Cayman Net News, Cayman Islands
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04/19/08
Roll Call: Votes by Congress

Now before the Senate, the bill (HR 5719) also requires that withdrawals from Health Savings Accounts be accompanied by documentation tha...

Source: Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription), SC
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04/19/08
How Your US Lawmaker Voted

Now before the Senate, the bill (HR 5719) also requires that withdrawals from Health Savings Accounts be accompanied by documentation tha...

Source: Seattle Times, United States
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04/19/08
Thomas Voting Reports

A yes vote was to pass HR 5719. Voting yes: Jay Inslee, D-Bainbridge Island; Rick Larsen, D-Lake Stevens; Brian Baird, D-Vancouver; Norm ...

Source: TheNewsTribune.com, WA
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04/18/08
House votes to repeal IRS delinque...

Now before the Senate, the bill (HR 5719) also requires that withdrawals from Health Savings Accounts be accompanied by documentation tha...

Source: Greenville Daily Reflector, NC
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04/17/08
Thompson casts vote to close what ...

The Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act (HR 5719), which Thompson helped draft in the Ways & Means Committee, strengthens protecti...

Source: The Eureka Reporter, CA
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12/11/08
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12/07/08
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12/03/08
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