H.R. 9499 scored 68/100 on Quorum's complexity scale. The score measures how hard the text makes it to see what the bill does.
H.R. 9499 · complexity 68/100
The bill carries a complexity score of 68/100 and a high warning level. Transparency: 65%.
The bill contains 1 discrete rider. One example: Section 3 redesignates subsection (f) to (g) in IRC 7508A, a technical fix to disaster-relief deadline provisions unrelated to preparer fraud or statute of limitations.
The bill's financial beneficiaries include: dishonest tax preparers (reduced enforcement risk after statute expires), and 1 more group.
Victims of tax preparer fraud now have a shorter window to discover and challenge fraudulent alterations; after the normal assessment period expires, the IRS cannot extend it even if the preparer's fraud is later discovered.
Who is behind it
Filed by Nicole Malliotakis.
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