US Congress House Bill 5630 (Prior Session Legislation)

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May 14 2012 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fighting Tax Fraud Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an increased penalty on a tax return preparer who engages in fraudulent conduct by: (1) willfully modifying any tax return or claim for refund which creates an understatement of tax liability after such return or claim has been signed by the taxpayer, and (2) willfully attempting to intercept the proceeds of such modified refund or claim. Establishes the penalty amount at the greater of $5,000 or the amount of the understated tax liability.

Fighting Tax Fraud Act of 2012

Rep Paulsen, Erik	Rep Boustany, Charles W., Jr.	Rep Buchanan, Vern	Rep Kline, John
Rep Lewis, John	Rep McDermott, Jim

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-05-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
2012-05-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN05630:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr5630ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr5630ih.pdf