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S 709 102th Congress Senate Taxation Adoption Costs Employee benefit plans Income tax Tax deductions Tax exclusion

Fairness for Adopting Families Act

Introduced: March 20, 1991 See on congress.gov
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Mar 20, 1991
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 20, 1991
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fairness for Adopting Families Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an individual income tax deduction for qualified adoption expenses. Includes as deductible reasonable and necessary expenses 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.

What's happening now March 20, 1991

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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