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MA H5

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Unknown

Origin

House of Representatives

194th General Court

AI Summary

  • Grants the State Auditor access to tax returns and related tax records held by the Department of Revenue, removing the existing "except tax returns" exclusion from current law

  • Authorizes audits of agencies and programs that use tax records to determine eligibility, including child support enforcement oversight, municipal tax receipts review, and public benefits wage matching

  • Permits the State Auditor to audit tax expenditures to evaluate their administration, effectiveness, and fiscal impact

  • Requires all individual taxpayer information, workpapers, and tax returns to remain confidential, excluded from public records, and prohibited from inclusion in published audit reports

  • Limits audits to evaluating state agency and program performance only, not for auditing specific individual taxpayers

Legislative Description

To improve oversight of state government

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5194

3/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Revenue2/27/2025

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