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HR 1277 102th Congress House Taxation Families Income tax Indexing (Economic policy) Support of dependents Tax administration Tax deductions Tax exemption

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of the exemption for dependent children under age 18 to $3,500, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 5, 1991 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 5, 1991
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the personal exemption for a dependent child who has not attained age 18 from $2,000 to $3,500.

Provides for rounding inflation adjustments to tax tables to the nearest multiple of $10 (currently rounded to the next lowest multiple of $50).

What's happening now March 5, 1991

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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