S 2138
113th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Employee hiring
Employment taxes
Tax-exempt organizations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans Hiring Act
Introduced: March 13, 2014
Introduced by:
Shaheen, Jeanne
Democratic
· New Hampshire
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Became law
Mar 13, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 13, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Veterans Hiring Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer a 50% reduction in the rate of the employment tax for wages paid to a veteran who served on active duty in the Armed Forces and was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. Makes such reduced rate effective during the period of four consecutive calendar quarters beginning with the first day of the first such calendar quarter beginning after the enactment of this Act.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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