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S 2376 108th Congress Senate

Working Family Tax Relief Act of 2004

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the scheduled restrictions in the child tax credit, marriage penalty relief, and 10 percent rate bracket, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 4, 2004 See on congress.gov
Taxation CongressCost of living adjustmentsEarned income tax creditEconomics and Public Finance
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FamiliesIncome taxIndexing (Economic policy)Married peopleMinimum taxSunset legislationTax creditsTax deductionsTax exemptionTax ratesWithholding tax
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 23, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9570)
May 7, 2004
Star Print ordered on the bill.
May 4, 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 4, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4839)
May 4, 2004
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action September 23, 2004

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9570)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Working Family Tax Relief Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the scheduled reductions in: (1) the amount of the child tax credit for taxable years 2005 through 2009 (maintains the current $1,000 credit amount for all taxable years after 2004); (2) the basic standard deduction for married taxpayers filing joint returns and surviving spouses for taxable years 2005 through 2008; and (3) the increased upper limit threshold amounts for qualifying married individuals filing joint returns for the 15 and ten percent income tax brackets. Allows an inflation adjustment to such threshold amounts for taxable years beginning after 2003 based on the difference from the Consumer Price Index for 2002.

Exempts from the general terminating date (December 31, 2010) under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 provisions relating to: (1) the increased upper limit amounts for the ten and 15 percent tax bracket for married taxpayers filing joint returns and surviving spouses; (2) the increase in the child tax credit; (3) the increased standard deduction for married taxpayers filing joint returns; and (4) the earned income tax credit.

Extends the increased amounts of the exemption from the alternative minimum tax for individual taxpayers through 2005.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2376: Working Family Tax Relief Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2376/
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"S. 2376: Working Family Tax Relief Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2376/.
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