HR 6495
Passed a chamber
Requires the IRS to name each specific item it seeks from third parties and to give taxpayers at least 45 days to respond before contacting those parties.
Official title: Taxpayer Notification and Privacy Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
05-DEC-2025
Referred
05-DEC-2025
Approved by committee
10-DEC-2025
Reported
07-JAN-2026
On the calendar
07-JAN-2026
Passed
27-APR-2026
Senate
Received
28-APR-2026
- Requires the IRS, when seeking tax-related information from third parties that it has not previously requested from the taxpayer and that the taxpayer could reasonably provide, to identify each specific item it intends to seek.
- Requires the IRS to give taxpayers at least 45 days to respond before contacting third parties, with more time available if the taxpayer requests it and shows reasonable cause.
- Lets the Treasury Secretary exempt information sought from third parties from the item-specificity requirement when the Secretary determines the information is necessary.
- Applies to notices provided after the date that is 12 months after enactment.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (07-JAN-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 27-APR-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Ways and Means Committee (House)
- Finance Committee (Senate)
Taxation
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