S 1290
111th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Child care and development
Higher education
Income tax credits
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the income tax deduction for dependent care to include part-time students for purposes of calculating earned income under the credit.
Introduced: June 18, 2009
Introduced by:
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 18, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 18, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who are part-time students to claim the tax credit for dependent care expenses (currently, only full-time students may claim such credit).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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