Don't Weaponize the IRS Act
Summary
Don't Weaponize the IRS Act This bill codifies regulations promulgated by the Trump Administration exempting certain tax-exempt organizations from specified reporting requirements. Specifically the bill increases from $5,000 to $50,000 the gross receipts threshold used to determine the eligibility of tax-exempt organizations for the exemption from certain disclosure and reporting requirements; expands the definition of organization to include tax-exempt charitable organizations and organizations with no significant activities relating to lobbying, political activity, and the operation of a trade or business; exempts from disclosure the names and addresses of contributors to an organization in its annual informational return; and extends exemptions from reporting requirements to political action committees (i.e., 527 organizations).
Bill status
in committee
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Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
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President
Introduced May 20, 2021
Last action May 20, 2021
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Committee
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May 20, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 20, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 48 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
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Mike Braun
RRepublican
Co
Ben Sasse
RRepublican
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Bill Cassidy
RRepublican
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Bill Hagerty
RRepublican
Co
Chuck Grassley
RRepublican
Co
Cindy Hyde-Smith
RRepublican
Co
Cynthia M. Lummis
RRepublican
Co
Dan Sullivan
RRepublican
Co
Deb Fischer
RRepublican
Co
James E. Risch
RRepublican
Co
James Lankford
RRepublican
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