Who it affects
- Tax preparers handling at least 100 individual returns yearly
- Customers of those tax preparers
- Certified volunteer tax preparers
- Department of the Treasury
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Filer Voter Act
H.R. 8130 · House bill · Introduced March 26, 2026
The Filer Voter Act would require tax preparers handling at least 100 individual tax returns a year to provide voter registration forms to their customers.
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How South Carolina voted
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What it would do
- The bill would treat certain tax preparers as voter registration agencies.
- Preparers handling at least 100 individual tax returns in a tax year would have to provide voter registration forms.
- They would have to display paper forms in their offices for customers receiving services in person.
- They would have to provide a link to the form for customers receiving online services.
- The Treasury Department would have responsibilities to enable certified volunteer tax preparers to meet these requirements.
Written with AI from the official summary by Congress's research office.
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Official record
Official title, sponsor and status
- Official title
- To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to treat certain tax return preparers as voter registration agencies under such Act for purposes of distributing voter registration application forms, and for other purposes.
- Sponsor
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie (D-NJ)
- Introduced
- March 26, 2026
- Cosponsors
- 5
- Committees
- House Ways and Means Committee; House Committee on House Administration
- Latest action
- March 26, 2026 · Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Official summary from the Congressional Research Service
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.
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