Refund Equality Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Elizabeth Warren
Introduced
Summary
Would extend deadlines so people who became legally married under Revenue Ruling 2013-17 can file joint returns and seek refunds or credits for certain tax years ending before September 16, 2013.
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- Legally married individuals covered by Revenue Ruling 2013-17, including certain legally married same-sex couples, would be able to treat earlier separate returns as eligible for later joint filing and amend those years to claim refunds or credits.
- The extra time would apply only to amendments and refund or credit claims that arise from a change in marital status for the individual.
- For joint returns filed under this rule, the period for claiming refunds would be extended to the filing deadline for the taxable year that includes the bill's enactment date and section 6511(b)(2) would not apply to those claims.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Extra time for some married refunds
If enacted, this bill would give certain married taxpayers more time to file joint returns and claim refunds tied to a change in marital status. You would be eligible only if you were first treated as married by Revenue Ruling 2013-17 and you filed a non‑joint return for a year ending before September 16, 2013. The bill would let that old non‑joint return be treated as a separate return and would stop the usual deadline from expiring before the normal filing date (including extensions) for the tax year that includes the date of enactment. If you then file a joint return, the time limit to claim a refund or credit (section 6511(a)) would be extended to that same filing date, and the usual rule in section 6511(b)(2) would not block those claims. The extra time would apply only to amendments or refund/credit claims that relate to the change in your marital status for tax purposes.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Elizabeth Warren
MA • D
Cosponsors
Susan Collins
ME • R
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Michael Bennet
CO • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Lisa Blunt Rochester
DE • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Maria Cantwell
WA • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Christopher Coons
DE • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Tammy Duckworth
IL • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Kirsten Gillibrand
NY • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
John Hickenlooper
CO • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Timothy Kaine
VA • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Mark Kelly
AZ • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Edward Markey
MA • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Jeff Merkley
OR • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Alex Padilla
CA • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
John Reed
RI • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Jeanne Shaheen
NH • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Tina Smith
MN • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Elissa Slotkin
MI • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Chris Van Hollen
MD • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Ron Wyden
OR • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Catherine Cortez Masto
NV • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Cory Booker
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Martin Heinrich
NM • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Angus King
ME • I
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Andy Kim
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Patty Murray
WA • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Jacky Rosen
NV • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
John Fetterman
PA • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Sheldon Whitehouse
RI • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Angela Alsobrooks
MD • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Tammy Baldwin
WI • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Ruben Gallego
AZ • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
NM • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Bernie Sanders
VT • I
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Mark Warner
VA • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Richard Blumenthal
CT • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Adam Schiff
CA • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Peter Welch
VT • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Richard Durbin
IL • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Mazie Hirono
HI • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Gary Peters
MI • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Charles Schumer
NY • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Amy Klobuchar
MN • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Brian Schatz
HI • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Christopher Murphy
CT • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Raphael Warnock
GA • D
Sponsored 6/30/2025
Jon Ossoff
GA • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
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