{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-cassidy-pass-bipartisan-bill-to-simplify-irs-error-notices-for-taxpayers", "Warren, Cassidy Pass Bipartisan Bill to Simplify IRS Error Notices for Taxpayers", "2025-10-21", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "MA", "Elizabeth Warren", "W000817", "www.warren.senate.gov", "warren", "https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "Warren, Cassidy Pass Bipartisan Bill to Simplify IRS Error Notices for Taxpayers\n\nBipartisan bill now heads to the President\u2019s desk to be signed into law\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed the Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help (IRS MATH) Act, bipartisan legislation championed by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), to simplify notices informing taxpayers of mistakes on their tax filings.\n\n\u201cNo one should have to spend a fortune on a lawyer or hours trying to figure out what went wrong on their taxes when the IRS already knows the answer,\u201d said Senator Warren. \u201cOur bill is a common-sense bipartisan solution to protect taxpayers and help put more money in their pockets.\"\n\n\u201cAmericans should have every opportunity to keep their hard-earned income,\u201d said Dr. Cassidy. \u201cIf the IRS thinks someone made an honest mistake filing their taxes, the IRS should be clear about how to correct it.\u201d\n\nThe IRS MATH Act ensures that when taxpayers make simple math or clerical errors on their taxes, the IRS sends them clear notices indicating where they made an error and laying out a 60-day appeal window.\n\nThe IRS MATH Act:\n\nDirects the IRS to improve notices of math or clerical errors, requiring that notices:\n\nIdentify the line item the IRS is changing;\n\nExplain the reason for the change, and;\n\nClearly list the taxpayer\u2019s required response date.\n\nRequires that the IRS notify the taxpayer of abatement determinations.\n\nRequires the Treasury Secretary to provide additional procedures for requesting an abatement of a math or clerical error adjustment, including by telephone or in person.\n\nCreates a pilot program coordinated by the IRS and National Taxpayer Advocate to determine the benefit of sending math or clerical error notices by certified or registered mail.\n\nThe U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill by voice vote in March. Representatives Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) and Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) led the bill on the House side. The IRS MATH Act now heads to President Trump\u2019s desk for his signature.\n\nThe bill also passed unanimously out of the House Ways and Means Committee during markup in February 2025. Senators Warren and Cassidy initially introduced the bill in 118th Congress.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-cassidy-pass-bipartisan-bill-to-simplify-irs-error-notices-for-taxpayers"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.023109070956707, "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"}