S 898 United States Senate · 118th Congress

Merchant Category Code Neutrality Act

Summary
Merchant Category Code Neutrality Act This bill prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from auditing a taxpayer based primarily on the Merchant Category Codes, or other similar codes, used to classify the goods or services provided by the taxpayer's business. The bill defines Merchant Category Code to mean classification codes assigned by payment card organizations to merchants or payees that accept their payment cards to classify the goods or services provided or furnished by a merchant or payee.
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Mar 2023
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Introduced Mar 21, 2023 Last action Mar 21, 2023
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Mar 21, 2023
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S861-862)
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Mar 21, 2023
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1 primary · 6 co-sponsors

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