Congress asks IRS to report on tax fraud and code complexity.
S. 5073 — Tax Complexity and Fraud Prevention Review Act · Filed by Ben Luján (D-NM) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the Treasury Secretary and IRS to write yearly reports. The reports must show what kinds of fraud happen and how much money is lost. They must also show how the IRS works with tax-filing companies. The bill asks for a study of why the tax code is hard to run. Key facts from the study go on the IRS website. Some information will be hidden to protect privacy.
Who it affects
Congress, the IRS, tax-filing companies, and people who pay taxes see the effects. Congress gets reports to check IRS work. The public learns more about fraud and tax code problems.
One thing to notice
The IRS gets to decide what information to hide in reports. The bill does not say what happens if the IRS and tax companies do not share information well.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jul 22, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Finance · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Treasury Secretary — The head of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, which handles money and taxes.
- tax fraud — When someone lies on their taxes to pay less money than they owe.
- tax-filing companies — Businesses that help people fill out and send in their tax forms.
- tax code — All the rules that say how much tax people and companies must pay.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,845 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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