Seniors' Tax Simplification Act of 2011

Seniors' Tax Simplification Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make available a new federal income tax Form 1040SR (similar to Form 1040EZ) to individuals who have turned 65 as of the close of the taxable year. Allows the form to be used even if income includes: (1) social security benefits; (2) distributions from qualified retirement plans, annuities, or other such deferred payment arrangements; (3) interest and dividends; or (4) capital gains and losses.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1058 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1058

To allow seniors to file their Federal income tax on a new Form 1040SR.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 2011

 Mr. Fleming (for himself, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Nugent, and Ms. Richardson) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To allow seniors to file their Federal income tax on a new Form 1040SR.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Seniors' Tax Simplification Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. FORM 1040SR FOR SENIORS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's 
delegate) shall make available a form, to be known as ``Form 1040SR'', 
for use by individuals to file the return of tax imposed by chapter 1 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Such form shall be as similar as 
practicable to Form 1040EZ, except that--
            (1) the form shall be available to individuals who have 
        attained age 65 as of the close of the taxable year,
            (2) the form may be used even if income for the taxable 
        year includes--
                    (A) social security benefits (as defined in section 
                86(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986),
                    (B) distributions from qualified retirement plans 
                (as defined in section 4974(c) of such Code), annuities 
                or other such deferred payment arrangements,
                    (C) interest and dividends, or
                    (D) capital gains and losses taken into account in 
                determining adjusted net capital gain (as defined in 
                section 1(h)(3) of such Code), and
            (3) the form shall be available without regard to the 
        amount of any item of taxable income or the total amount of 
        taxable income for the taxable year.
    (b) Effective Date.--The form required by subsection (a) shall be 
made available for taxable years beginning after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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