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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 17, 2021
Last action May 17, 2021
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2
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Committee
1
May 17, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
May 17, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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