H.R. 3153 · 115th Congress

Electronic Signature Standards Act of 2017

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Tom Rice
Introduced
2017-06-29
Latest action
2017-06-29 · Introduced in House

Summary

Electronic Signature Standards Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Internal Revenue Service to publish guidance to establish uniform standards and procedures for the acceptance of practitioner signatures in digital or other electronic form for the purposes of: (1) disclosures of tax returns and return information to a designee of the taxpayer, and (2) any power of attorney executed by the taxpayer.