HR 3278 United States House · 117th Congress

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply the mailbox rule to certain payments made through the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System.

Summary
This bill provides that tax payments made through the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System of the Department of the Treasury that are required to be made within a prescribed period or on or before a prescribed date shall be treated as made on the last day of either such prescribed period or on such prescribed date. The bill thus generally applies the mailbox rule (also known as the posting rule) to such payments which provides that payments are considered made on the date they are postmarked.
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May 2021
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Introduced May 17, 2021 Last action May 17, 2021
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May 17, 2021
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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May 17, 2021
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