What the document says“there is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, for necessary expenses of the Department of the Treasury to deliver to Congress, within 90 days following the date of the enactment of this Act, a report on--”
The section appropriates $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, available until that date, for the Treasury to give Congress within 90 days of enactment a report on the cost of building public private partnerships giving free tax filing to up to 70 percent of taxpayers by adjusted gross income and replacing any direct e-file program run by the Internal Revenue Service; on taxpayer opinions and preferences between a government run service and a free private one; on how workable a new approach would be and how to make it consistent and simple across providers; and on the cost of building and running a free direct e-file system, including options by income and return complexity.
What the document actually says“there is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, for necessary expenses of the Department of the Treasury to deliver to Congress, within 90 days following the date of the enactment of this Act, a report on--”
Fifteen million dollars is set aside for one fiscal year. It pays the Treasury to write a report. That report is due to Congress within 90 days.
The report covers four things. One is the cost of working with private firms. One is what taxpayers want. Two more cover how it would work and what it would cost.
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