HR 3947
110th Congress
House
Taxation
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Flexible benefit plans
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax exclusion
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a carryforward of unused benefits in health flexible spending arrangements.
Introduced: October 23, 2007
Introduced by:
Larson, John B.
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 23, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 23, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit up to $500 of unused health benefits in a plan or other arrangement that provides for a health flexible spending arrangement to be carried forward to the next year of such health flexible spending arrangement without affecting the status of such plan or arrangement as a tax-exempt employee benefit cafeteria plan. Terminates such carryforward after 2009.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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