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WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 The House of Representatives unanimously passed a bipartisan tax reform bill on Monday, that was co-authored by East Texas Congressman Nathaniel Moran. According to our news partner KETK, The Tax Court Improvement Act proposed four major reforms aimed at benefiting American taxpayers. Those reforms are modernizing subpoena rules, reducing case backlogs, strengthening judicial ethics and restoring fairness through equitable tolling. <\/p>\n
Reducing Backlogs:<\/strong> Strengthening judicial ethics:<\/strong> Restoring fairness through equitable tolling:<\/strong> Altogether, this bill aims to achieve three goals within the tax system: fairness, clarity and accountability, Moran explained. \u201cThe result is simple: faster resolutions for taxpayers without sacrificing expertise on the bench, fairness in the process and integrity in the result,\u201d Moran said. \u201cThese reforms make the tax court more efficient, more responsive and more just for the American taxpayer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 The House of Representatives unanimously passed a bipartisan tax reform bill on Monday, that was co-authored by East Texas Congressman Nathaniel Moran. According to our news partner KETK, The Tax Court Improvement Act proposed four major reforms aimed at benefiting American taxpayers. Those reforms are modernizing subpoena rules, reducing case backlogs, strengthening … Continue reading House passes Moran\u2019s tax reform bill<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1462548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/05\/moran-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1462455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-08 06:27:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/05\/moran-150x150.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1462455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1462455"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1462455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1462509,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1462455\/revisions\/1462509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1462548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1462455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1462455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1462455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nModernizing Subpoena Rules: <\/strong>
\nAmong the key reforms is an update to subpoena rules that would allow the U.S. Tax Court to accept documents without requiring taxpayers to appear in person, aligning its practices with other federal courts and easing the burden on filers.<\/p>\n
\nMoran said the bill allows special trial judges to take on more duties, issue certain final decisions and use limited contempt powers, similar to federal civil judges. He said the goal is to accelerate and streamline Tax Court cases. <\/p>\n
\nThe legislation from Moran is aimed at boosting judicial ethics by clarifying when Tax Court judges should remove themselves from cases. Moran emphasized that the measure brings Tax Court standards in line with other federal courts, helping ensure fairness and maintain public trust in the judicial system.<\/p>\n
\nThe legislation restores fairness through equitable tolling, Moran explained, allowing taxpayers who miss filing deadlines due to circumstances beyond their control\u2014such as illness, natural disasters, or incorrect information\u2014to have their cases considered on the facts.<\/p>\n