H.R. 5297 — Introduced in House

I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5297 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 19, 2016 Mr. Meadows (for himself, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, and Mr. Sanford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require inclusion of the taxpayer’s social security number to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Credits for Kids Act of 2016. 2. Social security number required to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit (a) In general Section 24(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Identification requirement (A) In general Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any taxpayer for any taxable year unless the taxpayer includes the taxpayer’s social security number on the return of tax for such taxable year. (B) Exception for State verification If the taxpayer attaches to the return of tax for the taxable year a certification from the State in which the taxpayer resides that one or more qualifying children of the taxpayer resided in the taxpayer’s household for not less than 6 months during such taxable year— (i) subparagraph (A) shall not apply to such taxpayer for such taxable year, and (ii) any qualifying child of such taxpayer shall be taken into account under paragraph (1) only if such child is identified in such certification as having so resided with the taxpayer for such taxable year. (C) Joint returns In the case of a joint return, the requirement of subparagraph (A) shall be treated as met if the social security number of either spouse is included on such return. (D) Social security number For purposes of this paragraph, the term social security number means a social security number issued to an individual by the Social Security Administration (other than a social security number issued pursuant to subclause (II) (or that portion of subclause (III) that relates to subclause (II)) of section 205(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act). . (b) Omissions treated as mathematical or clerical error Section 6213(g)(2)(I) of such Code is amended to read as follows: (I) an omission of the information required under section 24(d)(6) (relating to refundable portion of child tax credit), or a correct TIN required under section 24(e) (relating to child tax credit), to be included on a return, . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015.