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HR 4469 113th Congress House Taxation Elementary and secondary education Financial services and investments Higher education Housing finance and home ownership Income tax credits Income tax deductions Income tax exclusion Low- and moderate-income housing Military personnel and dependents Research and development Rural conditions and development Sales and excise taxes Securities State and local taxation Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Urban and suburban affairs and development Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Wages and earnings

Cut Taxes for the Middle Class Act of 2014

Introduced: April 10, 2014 Introduced by: Castro, Joaquin Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 113th Congress (2013–2014) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Cut Taxes for the Middle Class Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2014: (1) the tax deduction for state and local general sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes, (2) the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses, (3) the tax deduction for expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers, (4) the tax credit for differential wage payments to employees who are active duty members of the Uniformed Services, (5) the work opportunity tax credit, (6) the new markets tax credit, and (7) the tax credit for increasing research activities.

Amends the Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008 to extend through 2014 the exemption of the basic military housing allowance from the income test for programs financed by tax-exempt housing bonds. 

What's happening now April 10, 2014

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4469: Cut Taxes for the Middle Class Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4469/
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