HR 998
Became law
Requires the IRS to explain math and clerical error notices in plain language with an itemized breakdown of every adjustment, and to send a similarly detailed notice when it abates a previously noticed error.
Official title: Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
05-FEB-2025
Referred
05-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
12-FEB-2025
Reported
27-MAR-2025
On the calendar
27-MAR-2025
Passed
31-MAR-2025
Senate
Received
01-APR-2025
Passed
20-OCT-2025
President
Presented
25-NOV-2025
Signed
25-NOV-2025
Became law
25-NOV-2025
- Requires each math or clerical error notice to name the error type, the Internal Revenue Code section, the return line, and an itemized computation of every resulting change to the return
- Bars notices that list multiple possible errors unless each listed error actually applies to the return
- Requires the abatement deadline to appear in bold, 14-point type next to the taxpayer's address on page 1 of the notice
- Directs the Treasury to create ways to request abatement in writing, electronically, by phone, or in person within 180 days, and requires a pilot program mailing a sample of notices by certified or registered mail with e-signature confirmation
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Public Law, 25-NOV-2025).
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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