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S 1797 100th Congress Senate Taxation Church schools Churches Education Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Intergovernmental tax relations Labor and Employment Payments in lieu of taxes Religion and Clergy Religious education School personnel Secondary education Tax exemption Teachers Unemployment insurance

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that service performed for an elementary or secondary school operated primarily for religious purposes is exempt from the Federal unemployment tax.

Introduced: October 20, 1987 See on congress.gov
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Oct 20, 1987
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 20, 1987
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal Unemployment Tax Act to exempt from State unemployment tax law coverage (providing for payments in lieu of unemployment fund contributions) any service performed in the employ of a tax-exempt private elementary or secondary school that is operated primarily for religious purposes. Applies this exemption retroactively to services performed after 1977.

What's happening now October 20, 1987

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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