Senate Bill 1074
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Electronic Signature Standards Act of 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on May 9, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1074
Congress
115
Policy Area
Taxation
Taxation
Primary focus of measure is all aspects of income, excise, property, inheritance, and employment taxes; tax administration and collection. Measures concerning state and local finance may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Electronic Signature Standards Act of 2017
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Internal Revenue Service to publish guidance to establish uniform standards and procedures for the acceptance of practitioner signatures in digital or other electronic form for the purposes of: (1) disclosures of tax returns and return information to a designee of the taxpayer, and (2) any power of attorney executed by the taxpayer.
May 9, 2017
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05/09/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
05/09/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
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