Recovery of Stolen Checks Act
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Taxation
Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R) — NY
Summary
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish procedures that allow an eligible taxpayer to elect to receive by direct deposit a replacement of a federal tax refund amount that was originally issued as a paper check and was lost or stolen. (Currently, taxpayers eligible to receive a replacement of a lost or stolen federal tax refund check are generally issued another paper check.)
Legislative subjects
Bank accounts, deposits, capital; Tax administration and collection, taxpayers; Taxation
Latest action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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