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Pass the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActCreate a crypto disclosure program
25
Verified practitioner signers
1
Actions taken
39–0
Ways & Means vote on H.R. 9500

Has fraud touched your family?

Stolen money should not be taxable income.

A stay-at-home mother in North Carolina was drawn into an online task scam that demanded ever-larger crypto deposits. To keep up, she cashed out her 401(k) and borrowed against credit cards — until more than $110,000 was gone.

Then the tax bill arrived: because the stolen money had passed through her retirement account, the IRS assessed ordinary income tax plus a 10 percent early-withdrawal penalty on money the theft had already taken. Under current law, that result is not a mistake. It is the rule H.R. 9500 exists to change.

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Source: Scammed by the Scammer, Then Billed by the IRS

$110,000
lost — then taxed

Two priorities lead our agenda

H.R. 9500

Stolen money should not be taxable income

Fraud victims should not owe tax on stolen money. The Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act fixes that — it just cleared the Ways & Means Committee 39–0, and we are working to get it to the President’s desk.

Voluntary disclosure

A path back to compliance

Millions of taxpayers want to come into compliance and have no clear road to get there. Congress should direct the IRS to build one.

Practitioner coalition

Tax professionals: add your name

A sign-on letter from verified CPAs, enrolled agents, and tax attorneys — the people who actually prepare crypto returns. Credentials verified before a name is counted.

Your story

Fraud touched your family?

Personal stories are what turn a bill into a law. Share yours on your terms — you control whether it is anonymous or named.

Live from the campaign

  • Kaden Hackney, CPA (VA) verified on the practitioner letter4d ago
  • Wojciech J. Danko, EA (FL) verified on the practitioner letter4d ago
  • christopher lazzaro, CPA (NJ) verified on the practitioner letter5d ago
  • Laura Walter, CPA (UT) verified on the practitioner letter5d ago
  • Letter prepared for Congress · ZIP 5642512d ago

Where the bills stand

H.R. 9500 · 119th Congress

Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act

Sponsor: Rep. Max Miller (R-OH-7) · 1 cosponsor

Introduced
Committee
House floor
Senate
Signed into law

Latest action (July 1, 2026): Ordered to be reported (in the nature of a substitute) by the House Ways & Means Committee by a recorded vote of 39–0.

Data as of July 14, 2026 · View H.R. 9500 on Congress.gov

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