S 1824
109th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Earned income tax credit
Families
Income tax
Married people
Military pay
Social Welfare
Tax exclusion
Strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit Act of 2005
Introduced: October 5, 2005
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Became law
Oct 5, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 5, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11141-11142)
Oct 5, 2005
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the reduction in the marriage penalty applicable to the earned income tax credit; (2) increase the percentage of such credit for families with three or more children; (3) reduce the phase-out of such credit for individuals without children; and (4) make permanent provisions treating combat pay as earned income for purposes of calculating such credit.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1