An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to develop or provide taxpayers with free individual income tax electronic preparation and filing products or services other than through the Free File program and the IRS Taxpayer Assistance Centers, Tax Counseling for the Elderly, and the volunteer income tax assistance programs.

1. Adds Sec. __. None of the funds made available to the Internal Revenue Service by this Act may be used to develop or provide taxpayers with free individual income tax electronic preparation and filing products or services other than through the Free File program and the Internal Revenue Service's Taxpayer Assistance Centers, Tax Counseling for the Elderly, and the volunteer income tax assistance programs. In addition, no such funds may be used to implement direct interactive online electronic individual income tax preparation or filing services or products, or a return-free system as described in section 2004 of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 at the end of the bill

   Adds a section

   Inserted: Sec. __. None of the funds made available to the Internal Revenue Service by this Act may be used to develop or provide taxpayers with free individual income tax electronic preparation and filing products or services other than through the Free File program and the Internal Revenue Service's Taxpayer Assistance Centers, Tax Counseling for the Elderly, and the volunteer income tax assistance programs. In addition, no such funds may be used to implement direct interactive online electronic individual income tax preparation or filing services or products, or a return-free system as described in section 2004 of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998.

   Original wording

   At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:

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