Number: RL33231
Title: The Internal Revenue Service's Private Tax Debt Collection Initiative: Current Status, Legislative Proposals, and Issues for Congress
Authors: Gary Guenther, Government and Finance Division 
Abstract: Since the IRS began to implement the PDC initiative, congressional opponents have made repeated efforts to eliminate it. In the 110th Congress, five bills that would repeal the IRS's authority to enter into contracts with PCAs have been introduced: H.R. 695, S. 335, H.R. 3056, H.R. 3996, and H.R. 5719. While the House has passed three of them (H.R. 3056, H.R. 3996, and H.R. 5719), the Senate has not acted on two of them (H.R. 3056 and H.R. 5719), and the enacted version of H.R. 3996 lacked a provision terminating the PDC initiative. In addition, each of the bills providing funding for the IRS in FY2009 approved by the House (no number yet assigned) and Senate (S. 3260) Appropriations Committees contains a provision barring the IRS from using any appropriated funds to operate or manage the initiative.
Pages: 27
Date: September 23, 2008