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Bill introduced in Congress — not yet passed by either chamber, and not law.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate installment agreement fees for certain individuals.

Key claim: Senate bill S5144 would amend the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate installment agreement fees for certain individuals.

Abstract

(S5144 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2026-07-28): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Why this matters

IRS installment agreement fees function as a regressive administrative charge on taxpayers who cannot pay their liability in full, and eliminating them for a defined subset would shift a small revenue and cost-recovery burden from those taxpayers onto the IRS’s general appropriations. The proposal is narrow and administrative rather than structural, but fits a recurring pattern of legislation targeting IRS user fees that disproportionately affect lower-income filers.

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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate installment agreement fees for certain individuals.
Stage: introduced · congress · 28-jul-2026

Senate bill S5144 would amend the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate installment agreement fees for certain individuals.

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External: congress:119-s-5144:introduced

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