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Working Family Child Care Tax Relief Act of 1996

Introduced: September 27, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 27, 1996
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Working Family Child Care Tax Relief Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the child and dependent care credit to: (1) increase such credit and make it refundable; and (2) provide it with an income-based phaseout and limitation.

Eliminates the foreign earned income exclusion as of a specified date. Allows an exclusion for overseas qualified elementary and secondary schooling expenses.

What's happening now September 27, 1996

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Murray, Patty
Washington · Sep 27, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2148: Working Family Child Care Tax Relief Act of 1996. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-S-2148/
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