{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warnock-leads-bipartisan-bill-to-protect-georgia-taxpayers/", "Warnock Leads Bipartisan Bill to Protect Georgia Taxpayers", "2025-08-07", "2025", "2025-08", "Democrat", "Senate", "GA", "Raphael G. Warnock", "W000790", "www.warnock.senate.gov", "warnock", "https://www.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "Today, Senator Reverend Warnock introduced the bipartisan Taxpayer Notification and Privacy Actto provide Georgia taxpayers more transparency and protections from the IRS\n\nSenator Warnock: \u201cI\u2019m proud to partner with Senator Barrasso to ensure the IRS is transparent with taxpayers and that my constituents have the tools to protect their reputations\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and John Barrasso (R-WY), both members of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced the Taxpayer Notification and Privacy Act. The bipartisan legislation gives additional protection to taxpayers by providing more transparency from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).\n\nCurrent law requires the IRS to notify taxpayers before contacting third parties \u2013 such as banks or employers \u2013 when investigating whether or not a person owes taxes, but does not require the IRS to disclose to taxpayers what specific information they are seeking. The Warnock-Barrasso legislation would require the IRS to disclose exactly what information it is seeking from third parties and give taxpayers 45 days to provide that information directly to the IRS themselves.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m always focused on securing stronger consumer protections for Georgians,\u201d said Senator Reverend Warnock.\u201cI\u2019m proud to partner with Senator Barrasso to ensure the IRS is transparent with taxpayers and that my constituents have the tools to protect their reputations.\u201d\n\n\u201cWyoming taxpayers shouldn\u2019t have to worry about the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) soliciting personal financial information behind their backs. They deserve to have the option to provide this sensitive information to the IRS directly,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cBy providing that opportunity, our bipartisan bill will safeguard the reputation of taxpayers and small business owners across the country. It will also force the IRS to be as transparent as possible when it comes to the privacy of hardworking Americans.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nThe Taxpayer Notification and Privacy Act:\n\nRequires the IRS to tell taxpayers what information it plans to request from third parties and identify which parties it intends to contact.\n\nMandates the IRS allows taxpayers 45 days to provide information directly, rather than through a third-party outlet.\n\nProvides taxpayers an opportunity to supply the requested information directly from their own records, protecting taxpayers\u2019 reputation and eliminating the need for many third-party contacts entirely.\n\nFull text of the legislation can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:02:47Z"]], "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://www.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warnock-leads-bipartisan-bill-to-protect-georgia-taxpayers/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2803860008716583, "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"}