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Taxpayer First Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the organizational structure, enforcement procedures, and services of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
The bill establishes within the IRS the Independent Office of Appeals to resolve tax controversies and review administrative decisions.
With respect to the services provided to taxpayers, the bill requires the IRS to:
submit to Congress a customer service strategy,
The bill revises enforcement procedures relating to:
the seizure of property that has been structured to avoid Bank Secrecy Act reporting requirements,
The bill addresses the organizational structure of the IRS by:
modifying the titles of several IRS officials,
The bill also makes Tax Court judges subject to the same grounds for disqualification as other federal judges.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5444 as reported to House amended, Part I on Apr 13, 2018. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Apr 18, 2018
Taxpayer First Act
Passed
414 Yea 0 Nay 15 not voting
Crossed both parties No voting member broke with their own party.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
429 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5444 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 5444 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
82 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.