Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Latest action
- Nov 28, 2025
What it does
The Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act would amend the Internal Revenue Code to increase penalties for tax return preparers who fail to provide valid identification numbers or misuse electronic filing identification numbers, with fines up to $250 per violation and annual caps of $75,000. It would also establish criminal penalties for willful misuse or misappropriation of preparer tax identification numbers, including fines up to $50,000 (or $100,000 for corporations) and up to two years in prison. The bill requires the Treasury Secretary to create a compliance improvement program within 18 months of enactment to help preparers avoid penalties by correcting errors before…
AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.
Where it stands
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Who is involved
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.