Protecting Taxpayer Resources Act

This bill says the IRS can’t be given new Homeland Security duties unless the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration first decides two things: IRS staff are properly trained for those duties, and taking on those duties won’t get in the way of the IRS’s main work—helping people with their taxes and enforcing tax laws fairly. That decision becomes active once it’s published in the Federal Register, and it can be ended the same way. The bill also updates existing law to reflect this rule.

Key points:

• Who is affected: IRS employees and taxpayers who rely on IRS services.
• What changes: IRS staff can’t be assigned Homeland Security functions without a formal determination that they’re trained and that taxpayer service and fair enforcement won’t suffer.
• When it applies: The rule takes effect when the determination is published in the Federal Register; it can be terminated by publishing a notice there too.