Tax return preparers who handle 100 or more individual returns a year would have to make voter registration forms available to their customers. In-person preparers would display the forms in their office; online preparers would put a prominent link to the federal voter registration form (or the state's online registration site) inside their software. Volunteer tax preparers funded by the IRS's VITA and Tax Counseling for the Elderly programs would also participate, and the IRS would add a checkbox to its intake sheet asking filers if they want a registration form. The change leans on existing Motor Voter law and is meant to reach people during a moment they already interact with the government.
Civil Liberties
- Voter registration access — Expanded by treating large tax preparers as registration agencies under Motor Voter
Congressional Summary
Tax Filer Voter Registration Act or the Filer Voter Act This bill treats certain tax return preparers as voter registration agencies. Specifically, the bill requires tax return preparers who prepare at least 100 individual tax returns in a taxable year to provide voter registration application forms to their customers. The form must be made available by (1) displaying copies of the form in the preparer's office for customers who receive in-person services, and (2) providing a hyperlink to the form for customers who receive online services. The bill also outlines the responsibilities of the Department of the Treasury to enable certified volunteer tax preparers to meet the requirements of the bill.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-03-26
- Date Added
- 2026-04-28
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