If you file your taxes or make a payment electronically, the date you send it will now count as the official date. This means IRS delays or system slowdowns can no longer make your on-time filing count as late.
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Electronic Filing and Payment Fairness Act is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Latest action on H.R. 1152: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Who this affects: This bill affects anyone who files taxes or makes tax payments electronically, including individual taxpayers, businesses, and tax professionals. It also affects the IRS, which will need to update its systems to track and confirm when electronic submissions are sent.
Why this matters: Millions of Americans file their taxes and make payments electronically, often right before the deadline. Under current rules, if the IRS system is slow or experiences a glitch, a filing sent on time could be recorded as late. This bill closes that gap by making electronic submissions work the same way as mailed ones.
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