The AI Tax Integrity Act of 2026 directs the Treasury Department to launch a pilot program, within 180 days of enactment, that uses artificial intelligence to help identify inaccurate tax returns caused by identity theft, fraudulent credit or refund claims, and improperly prepared returns from unlisted tax preparers. The program must run for at least 18 months and no more than two years. Afterward, the Government Accountability Office is required to report to the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees on how much fraud the AI tools caught, how much money the government recovered, and how accurate the AI was at flagging fraudulent returns. The bill does not specify a funding amount for the pilot. It affects IRS taxpayers broadly, since the tools will be used to screen returns filed by individuals and businesses.
Transparency & Accountability
- Reporting requirements — Comptroller General must report pilot program results to Congress
Congressional Summary
AI Tax Integrity Act of 2026This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service to establish a pilot program to use artificial intelligence to identify inaccurate federal tax returns. Upon completion of the pilot program, the Government Accountability Office must submit a report to Congress describing theaggregate amount of improper tax refunds or reduced tax liability attributable to fraud detected by the pilot program,aggregate amount recovered as a result of the pilot program, andaccuracy of the artificial intelligence tools used in the pilot program in identifying fraudulent federal tax returns.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-06-29
- Date Added
- 2026-07-14
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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