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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Internal Revenue Service</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of the Treasury</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Payment by Credit Card and Debit Card</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>Prior to passage of The Taxpayer First Act (TFA), I.R.C. 6311(d) allowed the IRS to enter into contracts related to receiving tax payments by debit card or credit card, but prohibited the IRS from paying a fee under such contract. The current regulations reflect this prohibition. The TFA amended section 6311(d) to allow the IRS to pay a fee under a contract related to receiving tax payments by debit or credit card so long as the fee is recouped from the taxpayer. The proposed regulations remove the prohibition on paying a fee under such a contract, remove the prohibition on charging the taxpayer a fee, specifies that the reimbursement fee received from the taxpayer is not a tax and is not eligible for refund or credit under section 6402, specifies that the error resolution procedures in the regulation apply to the reimbursement fee, and requires the Commissioner to seek to minimize the amount of the fee paid under such a contract.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Not subject to, not significant</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>26 CFR 301.6311-2</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>26 U.S.C. 7805</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>26 U.S.C. 6311</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/00/2020</TTBL_DATE>
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        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>REG-120137-19 (NPRM)

Drafting attorney:  Alicia Goldstein  (202) 317-6832

Reviewing attorney:  Mitchel Hyman  (202) 317-5436

Treasury attorney:  Jarrett Jacinto  (202) 622-3505

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            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Alicia</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Goldstein</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>E.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Attorney</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1545</CODE>
                    <NAME>Internal Revenue Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>IRS</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 317-6832</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 317-5236</FAX>
                <EMAIL>alicia.goldstein@irscounsel.treas.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 5535,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20224</ZIP>
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