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HR 1798 111th Congress House Taxation Income tax exclusion Taxation of foreign income Wages and earnings

Working American Competitiveness Act

Introduced: March 30, 2009 Introduced by: Meeks, Gregory W. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Working American Competitiveness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayers to elect to exclude from gross income, without limitation, earned income (i.e., income for services performed) from sources within a foreign country.

What's happening now March 30, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1798: Working American Competitiveness Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1798/
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H.R. 1798, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1798/.
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