{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://gwenmoore.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5859", "Moore, Fitzpatrick, Dingell, and Kim Urge IRS to Reduce Tax Burdens for Domestic Abuse Survivors", "2026-03-06", "2026", "2026-03", "Democrat", "House", "WI", "Gwen Moore", "M001160", "gwenmoore.house.gov", "gwenmoore", "https://gwenmoore.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Today, Representatives Gwen Moore (D-WI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), and Young Kim (R-CA), Chairs of the Bipartisan Working Group to End Domestic Violence, called on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to use its discretionary authority to revise Revenue Procedure 2020-46 to facilitate the process by which survivors of domestic abuse may avoid taxation for missing the 60-day deadline to roll over retirement funds.\n\nIn a letter to the IRS, Representative Moore and her colleagues urged the agency to add domestic abuse to the list of permissible reasons individuals may self-certify when requesting a waiver of the 60-day rollover requirement for retirement account distributions. While the IRS already allows self-certification for reasons such as incarceration, death in the family, or postal errors, domestic abuse is not currently included.\n\n\u201cDomestic violence upends every aspect of a survivor\u2019s life,\u201d said Rep. Moore. \u201cAs survivors work to heal and rebuild their lives, the federal government should remove barriers,\u201d Moore said. \u201cNo survivor should be taxed or penalized because they were prioritizing their safety over a filing deadline.\u201d\n\n\u201cDomestic abuse is not only physical\u2014it is often financial, leaving survivors cut off from the accounts, documents, and resources they need to rebuild their independence. Economic coercion is a powerful tool of control, and it can make rigid administrative deadlines impossible to meet. Federal policy should reflect that reality. The IRS has the authority to address this gap and ensure survivors are not unfairly penalized for circumstances created by their abuser, and we will continue pushing for that change,\u201d said Rep. Fitzpatrick.\n\nThe Members emphasized that economic abuse is a pervasive tactic used by harm-doers to exert control. Survivors may be denied access to bank accounts, retirement accounts, passwords, or other critical documents necessary to complete a timely rollover.\n\n\u201cWhen abusers withhold access to financial information or resources, survivors may be unable to act within the 60-day window,\u201d the letter noted. \u201cThat is clearly the type of circumstance Congress intended the waiver authority to address.\u201d", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-06T21:05:58Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://gwenmoore.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5859"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8123540319502354, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}