Sec. 10. IRS phone scam report
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General for Tax Administration, in consultation with the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission, shall submit a report to Congress regarding identity theft phone scams under which individuals attempt to obtain personal information over the phone from taxpayers by falsely claiming to be calling from or on behalf the Internal Revenue Service. Such report shall include— a description of the nature and form of such scams; an estimate of the number of taxpayers contacted pursuant to, and the number of taxpayers who have been victims of, such scams; an estimate of the amount of wrongful payments obtained from such scams; and details of potential solutions to combat and prevent such scams, including best practices from the private sector and technological solutions.