S 9
107th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Adoption
Adoptive parents
Business income tax
Caregivers
College costs
Commerce
Cost of living adjustments
Costs
Custody of children
Day care
Defined benefit pension plans
Defined contribution plans
Divorce
Earned income tax credit
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Estate tax
Families
Family enterprises
Working Family Tax Relief Act of 2001
Introduced: January 22, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 2001
Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
Jan 22, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S146-155)
Jan 22, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Working Family Tax Relief Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make revisions under which: (1) a husband and wife may make a combined return with separate rates; (2) estate taxes will be reduced; (3) there will be a deduction for qualified higher education expenses; (4) greater benefits will be applicable towards child care expenses; (5) there will be a credit for givers of long-term care to family members; (6) the earned income credit will be increased for two or more qualified children and other modifications will be made to the credit; (7) 100 percent of the health insurance costs of the self-employed will be deductible; (8) credits for pension plans will be increased; and (9) the adoption credit will be expanded.
What's happening now
Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
Committees of jurisdiction
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