Rep. Bill Foster introduces bill to make filing taxes easier

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

BY ALEX ORTIZ |

U.S. Rep. Bill Foster wants to make filing taxes easier and cheaper for Americans.

โ€œOur tax code is complicated enough โ€“ we ought to make it easier for taxpayers to access the information the IRS already has on file,โ€ Foster said in a statement.

He filed legislation this week aimed at creating a voluntary tax filing program to allow individuals to use a secure Internal Revenue Service website to download a tax form automatically populated with information the IRS already collects, according to a news release.

The information from the populated forms would be available as both a printable document file and a computer-readable file compatible with existing tax preparation software.

โ€œOur tax code is complicated enough โ€“ we ought to make it easier for taxpayers to access the information the IRS already has on file,โ€ Foster said in a statement. โ€œThis commonsense solution will help bring our tax filing process into the 21st century and save millions of Americans time and money.โ€

Foster cited a report by the Brookings Institute, which found that a national pre-filled tax return program could save taxpayers $2 billion in fees and 225 million hours of time each year.

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