The PRIDE Act of 2025 makes comprehensive updates to federal tax law to ensure it is inclusive of all legally married couples regardless of gender. The bill allows same-sex couples who married before the IRS recognized same-sex marriages in 2013 to amend their prior tax returns and claim refunds retroactively, with the deadline for filing these amended returns set at the bill's enactment date. The legislation also systematically replaces gendered language throughout the Internal Revenue Code—including terms like "husband and wife" and pronouns like "his"—with gender-neutral alternatives such as "spouses," "married couple," and "the taxpayer" across more than 30 tax code sections covering joint returns, tax credits, gift taxes, property ownership, and business deductions. Additionally, the bill retitles two tax code sections to use clearer, more inclusive language describing provisions for married couples' tax filings. These changes are primarily technical and non-substantive, designed to modernize tax law language while maintaining its legal substance and ensuring equal treatment under federal tax policy.
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