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S 3616 112th Congress Senate Taxation Adoption and foster care Disability and paralysis Income tax credits Inflation and prices Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Making Adoption Affordable Act of 2012

Introduced: September 21, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 21, 2012
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Making Adoption Affordable Act of 2012 - Makes permanent provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 allowing an increased tax credit for adoption expenses and an increased exclusion from an employee's gross income for amounts paid by an employer for adoption expenses.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate and make permanent: (1) the increase in the tax credit for adoption expenses and the increased exclusion from an employee's gross income for amounts paid by an employer for adoption expenses that were enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (2) the annual inflation adjustments for such increased amounts, and (3) the refundability of the tax credit for adoption expenses.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to take certain actions concerning: (1) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) communications efforts about the adoption tax credit, and (2) documentation of adoption expenses required before initiation of a tax audit.

What's happening now September 21, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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