119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jan 15, 2025
FAIR PREP Act of 2025
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Jan 15, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Taxation
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jan 15, 2025)
Fostering Autonomy in Independent Returns by Prohibiting Redundant and Extralegal Programs Act of 2025 or the FAIR PREP Act of 2025
This bill prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from preparing federal tax returns or refund claims, with some exceptions. The bill specifically prohibits the preparation of federal income tax returns or refund claims through the IRS’s Direct File program. (The Direct File program currently allows qualified taxpayers in 25 participating states to prepare and electronically file free federal tax returns through a portal on the IRS’s website.)
The bill defines prepare with respect to federal tax returns and refund claims as (1) the completion (in whole or in part) of any form or schedule for the purpose of calculating federal taxes or refunds, and (2) the filing (either electronically or on paper) of such federal tax returns or refund claims.
However, under the bill, federal and state tax returns and refund claims may be prepared through the IRS’s Free File program (a program that allows certain taxpayers to prepare and file free federal and state income tax returns using third-party tax-preparation software) or the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance grant program (through which the IRS partners with local community organizations to help low-income and disabled individuals and persons with limited English proficiency prepare and file free federal and state income tax returns).
Further, the Department of the Treasury may not award grants or enter into contracts or other transactions for the development or operation of an electronic tax preparation service.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
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NEW VENTURE FUND · lobbying firm or registrant: NEW VENTURE FUND
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tivize writing off expenses related to union busting taxes H.R.609 Assuring Medicares Promise Act of 2025 - Makes changes to ensure Medicare solvency H.R. 451, S. 96 Fair PREP Act of 2025 - Repealing direct file program Millionaires Surtax Act (not intro'd) - places a surtax on millionaires Fair Trust Withholding Act - amen…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NEW VENTURE FUND · lobbying firm or registrant: NEW VENTURE FUND
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$40,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tivize writing off expenses related to union busting taxes H.R.609 Assuring Medicares Promise Act of 2025 - Makes changes to ensure Medicare solvency H.R. 451, S. 96 Fair PREP Act of 2025 - Repealing direct file program Millionaires Surtax Act (not intro'd) - places a surtax on millionaires Fair Trust Withholding Act - amen…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NEW VENTURE FUND · lobbying firm or registrant: NEW VENTURE FUND
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$40,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tivize writing off expenses related to union busting taxes H.R.609 Assuring Medicares Promise Act of 2025 - Makes changes to ensure Medicare solvency H.R. 451, S. 96 Fair PREP Act of 2025 - Repealing direct file program Millionaires Surtax Act (not intro'd) - places a surtax on millionaires Fair Trust Withholding Act - amen…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NEW VENTURE FUND · lobbying firm or registrant: NEW VENTURE FUND
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$33,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tivize writing off expenses related to union busting taxes H.R.609 Assuring Medicares Promise Act of 2025 - Makes changes to ensure Medicare solvency H.R. 451, S. 96 Fair PREP Act of 2025 - Repealing direct file program Millionaires Surtax Act (not intro'd) - places a surtax on millionaires Fair Trust Withholding Act - amen…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NEW VENTURE FUND · lobbying firm or registrant: NEW VENTURE FUND
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$40,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tivize writing off expenses related to union busting taxes H.R.609 Assuring Medicares Promise Act of 2025 - Makes changes to ensure Medicare solvency H.R. 451, S. 96 Fair PREP Act of 2025 - Repealing direct file program Millionaires Surtax Act (not intro'd) - places a surtax on millionaires Fair Trust Withholding Act - amen…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NEW VENTURE FUND · lobbying firm or registrant: NEW VENTURE FUND
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$40,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tivize writing off expenses related to union busting taxes H.R.609 Assuring Medicares Promise Act of 2025 - Makes changes to ensure Medicare solvency H.R. 451, S. 96 Fair PREP Act of 2025 - Repealing direct file program Millionaires Surtax Act (not intro'd) - places a surtax on millionaires Fair Trust Withholding Act - amen…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing