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Introduced February 26, 2026 by Michael Dean Crapo · Last progress February 26, 2026
The bill increases taxpayer protections, appeal rights, digital services, and targeted relief (especially for low‑income filers, expatriates, and whistleblowers) but does so at the cost of significant IRS implementation expenses, greater litigation and administrative burdens, and heightened data‑privacy and due‑process tradeoffs.
Most taxpayers (including those disputing assessments) gain stronger, faster review rights: expanded Tax Court authority to correct clerical errors and review certain disallowances, broader independent Appeals review of refunds and payment proposals, and tolling/waiver treatment for filing deadlines that reduces harsh forfeitures.
Taxpayers (especially low-income filers) get faster electronic service, clearer processing status, expanded online accounts/multi-year access, reduced EITC refund offsets, and fee waivers for lower-income installment payments — improving cash flow and convenience.
Notices and communications will be clearer and more informative: deficiency notices must state grounds for credit denials/disallowance periods, third‑party contact notices give at least 45 days to respond, and refund denials must include explanations and appeal instructions — helping taxpayers respond and defend themselves.
All taxpayers could face higher federal costs and transitional disruption: mandated digitization, new IT/OCR systems, expanded staff hiring authorities, and many implementation deadlines are likely to drive significant IRS contractor and administrative spending and cause short‑term service and regulatory uncertainty.
Broader electronic access, expanded representative authorities, new redisclosures (e.g., to CBO), and more published preparer/whistleblower information raise the risk of unauthorized disclosure or misuse of sensitive tax data.
Expanding review rights and allowing de novo or broader judicial review (Tax Court, whistleblower petitions, innocent spouse de novo review) could increase litigation frequency and government refund/liability exposure, raising legal costs for both taxpayers and the Treasury.
Based on analysis of 22 sections of legislative text.
Requires major IRS customer-service and digital upgrades, creates new taxpayer protections and appeal rights, tightens rules and penalties for tax return preparers, and changes many tax-administration procedures. Also directs studies and code changes to ease tax and foreign-currency rules for U.S. persons abroad, strengthens whistleblower protections and interest on delayed awards, creates refund/abatement relief for certain people unlawfully detained abroad, expands Tax Court and appeals process authorities, and permits limited redisclosure of student-loan tax data to the CBO. Implements phased deadlines for electronic filing/processing, mandates taxpayer-facing online status tools and a public call-center dashboard, creates a preparer identification and oversight regime with civil and criminal penalties, adjusts rules for low-income taxpayer clinics and offers-in-compromise, and requires multiple Treasury and GAO reports on implementation and foreign-filing burdens. Many provisions take effect in stages (from 180 days to several years) and require new rulemaking and agency systems changes.