Fairness for Adopting Families Act
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Fairness for Adopting Families Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an individual income tax deduction for qualified adoption expenses. Includes as deductible all reasonable and necessary expenses that do not violate a Federal or State law and that are directly related to a legal adoption of any child if the adoption has been arranged by a State, local, or other nonprofit agency, or through a private placement.
Excludes from an employee's gross income any amounts paid on behalf of the employee by an employer pursuant to a qualified adoption assistance program.
Limits both the deduction and the exclusion to $5,000. Reduces the amount when the taxpayer's income exceeds $60,000.
Permits an employer to treat an adoption assistance program as a statutory employee benefit plan, thus making the employer's contributions to such a program tax deductible as business expenses.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 479: Fairness for Adopting Families Act. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-479/
"S. 479: Fairness for Adopting Families Act." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-479/.
S. 479, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-479/.
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