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HR 5807 109th Congress House Taxation Families Income tax Minimum tax Tax credits Tax rates

Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2006

Introduced: July 13, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 13, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow individual taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes of less than $75,000 ($150,000 for joint returns) a tax credit for 10% of their income tax; (2) eliminate income taxes for individual taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes of less than $12,500 ($25,000 for joint returns); (3) double the child tax credit for individual taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes of less than $75,000 ($150,000 for joint returns); (4) eliminate the alternative minimum tax in 2007 for certain individual taxpayers; and (5) impose an income tax surtax on individual taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes of over $500,000 ($1 million for joint returns).

What's happening now July 13, 2006

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jul 13, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5807: Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5807/
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"H.R. 5807: Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5807/.
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H.R. 5807, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5807/.
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