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Taxpayer Certainty and Relief Act of 2009

Introduced: March 26, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Mar 26, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3921-3924)
Mar 26, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3920-3921)
Mar 26, 2009
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Taxpayer Certainty and Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the increased alternative minimum tax (AMT) exemption amounts and the offsets against such tax for nonrefundable tax credits; (2) adjust such AMT exemption amounts for inflation after 2009; (3) make reductions in individual income tax rates and capital gains and dividend tax rates enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (EGTRRA) permanent; (4) make expanded eligibility for the child tax credit permanent; (5) increase the earned income tax credit rate for taxpayers with three or more children; (6) make estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer provisions in effect in 2009 permanent and adjust estate and gift tax unified credit amounts for inflation after 2010; and (7) allow surviving spouses to increase their estate and gift tax unified credit by any unused credit amounts of a deceased spouse.

Repeals EGTRRA sunset dates for: (1) marriage penalty relief provisions; and (2) increases in the dependent care, adoption assistance, and earned income tax credit.

What's happening now March 26, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3921-3924)

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