Ron Wyden: “We cannot have people's original documents flying around in the mail and putting it in a drop box.”

The proposed rule is clear regulatory overreach that would have disastrous impacts for lawfully present immigrants and their families who are legally eligible for refundable tax credits.

Turning the 1040 into an immigration tracker actively sabotages voluntary tax compliance and undermines the IRS’s core tax collection responsibilities.

This throws doubt upon Treasury’s interpretation of many provisions of the Code, creates a great deal of uncertainty in the administration of our tax laws, and could balloon the deficit.

This interpretation is wildly inconsistent with the longstanding treatment of other provisions that use identical or near-identical language.