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Relief for Working Families Tax Act of 2003

Introduced: June 3, 2003 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Jun 4, 2003
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 121.
Jun 3, 2003
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Jun 3, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Relief for Working Families Tax Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the child care credit to: (1) accelerate and make permanent the $1,000 child tax credit; (2) make the 15 percent refundable portion of the child tax credit effective as of 2003 (currently 2005); and (3) increase the income threshold amounts for joint filers and for married filing separate filers. Amends the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to make the revisions to such credit made by the Act permanent.

Amends the Code to provide a uniform definition of "child."

What's happening now June 4, 2003

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 121.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 1173 Identical bill Relief for Working Families Tax Act of 2003
  • S 1434 Related bill Relief for Working Families Tax Act of 2003
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Jun 3, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1174: Relief for Working Families Tax Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1174/
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