,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bcjd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ab1 #bjai,mr4
 ,foster introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,ways and ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend  
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf to
 establish a program to populate        
downloadable tax forms with taxpayer    
return information4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,autofill
 ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,automated         
partially pre-populated tax returns  7a7
 ,in general ,chapter #gg of the        
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following new section3  #gebi4          
,automated partially pre-populated tax  
returns  7a7 ,establishment of program  
,the ,secretary shall establish a       
program under which taxpayers may       
download forms relating to the          
individual income tax returns that are  
populated with return information       
reported to the ,secretary under chapter

 #fa and reported to the ,secretary     
pursuant to section #bcb of the ,social 
,security ,act4  7b7 ,requirements      
relating to information  7#a7 ,deadline 
for making information available ,the   
,secretary shall make such return       
information available under the program 
established under subsection 7a7 not    
later than #ae days after the ,secretary
 receives such information4  7#b7       
,format of information made available   
,return information shall be made       
available under the program established 
under subsection 7a7 in both a printable
 document file suitable for manual      
completion and filing a                 
computer-readable form suitable for use 
by automated tax preparation software4  
7c7 ,autofill service deadlines  7#a7   
,standards ,not later than ,october #ca1
 #bjai1 the ,secretary shall-- 7,a7     
establish standards for data download to
 tax preparation software1 and  7,b7    
provide a demonstration server for      
downloading the partially populated     

printable document file4  7#b7 ,tax     
forms ,not later than ,february #ae1    
#bjbj1 and annually thereafter1 the     
,secretary shall provide on the         
,secretary's website a secure function  
that allows a taxpayer to download1 as  
both a printable document file and in a 
form suitable for input to automatic tax
 preparation software1 the #ajdj1       
#ajdj;,a1 and #ajdj;,,ez forms that are 
populated with information with respect 
to the taxpayer that is reported under  
chapter #fa or any other provision of   
this title under which reporting of     
information is required4  7d7 ,taxpayer 
responsibility ,nothing in this section 
shall be construed to absolve the       
taxpayer from full responsibility for   
the accuracy or completeness of his     
return of tax4  7e7 ,disclaimer ,before 
any form can be downloaded under the    
program established under subsection    
7a71 the taxpayer must acknowledge      
that--  7#a7 the taxpayer is responsible
 for the accuracy of his return1 and    

7#b7 all information provided in the    
downloadable form under such program    
needs to be verified4  7f7 ,information 
,provided for ,wage and                 
,self-,employment income ,for purposes  
of subsection 7a7-- 7#a7 ,information   
related to calendar year #bjai ,in the  
case of information relating to wages   
paid1 and amounts of self-employment    
income1 for calendar year #bjai required
 to be provided to the ,commissioner of 
,social ,security under section         
#bje7;c77#b77;,a7 of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#dje7;c77#b77;,a771 the ,commissioner   
shall1 using best efforts1 make such    
information available to the ,secretary 
not later than ,january #ca1 #bjbj4     
7#b7 ,information related to calendar   
year #bjbj and thereafter ,in the case  
of information relating to wages paid1  
and amounts of self-employment income1  
for any calendar year after #bjai       
required to be provided to the          
,commissioner of ,social ,security under

 section #bje7;c77#b77;,a7 of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#dje7;c77#b77;,a771 the ,commissioner   
shall make such information available to
 the ,secretary not later than ,january 
#ca of the calendar year following the  
calendar year to which such wages and   
self-employment income relate4  4  7b7  
,filing deadline for information returns
 ,section #fjga7;b7 of such ,code is    
amended to read as follows3  7b7        
,information returns ,returns made under
 part ,,iii of this subchapter shall be 
filed on or before ,january #ca of the  
year following the calendar year to     
which such returns relate4 ,section     
#fjha shall not apply to returns under  
such part ,,iii4  4  7c7 ,conforming    
amendment to ,social ,security ,act     
,section #bje7;c77#b77;,a7 of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#dje7;c77#b77;,a77 is amended by adding 
at the end the following new sentence3  
,for purposes of the preceding sentence1
 the ,commissioner shall require that   

information relating to wages paid1 and 
amounts of self-employment income1 be   
provided to the ,commissioner not later 
than ,january #ca of the year following 
the calendar year to which such wages   
and self-employment income relate44  7d7
 ,clerical amendment ,the table of      
sections for chapter #gg of such ,code  
is amended by adding at the end the     
following new item3  ,sec4 #gebi4       
,automated partially pre-populated tax  
returns4  4  7e7 ,effective date ,the   
amendments made by this section shall   
apply to returns for taxable years      
beginning after ,december #ca1 #bjah4