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S 905 112th Congress Senate

Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for the purchase of hearing aids.

Introduced: May 5, 2011 See on congress.gov
Taxation AgingHealth technology, devices, suppliesHearing, speech, and vision careIncome tax creditsTax treatment of families
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May 5, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 5, 2011
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 Latest action May 5, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer to elect once every five years a nonrefundable income tax credit of up to $500 for the purchase of a qualified hearing aid for use by the taxpayer or a dependent.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1479 Related bill Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act 2011
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · May 5, 2011
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · May 5, 2011
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · May 5, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 905: Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-905/
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"S. 905: Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-905/.
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S. 905, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-905/.
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