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S 2565 113th Congress Senate

Helping Working Families Afford Child Care Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance the dependent care tax credit, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 8, 2014 Introduced by: Shaheen, Jeanne Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
Taxation Child care and developmentIncome tax creditsInflation and prices
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 8, 2014
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 Latest action July 8, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Helping Working Families Afford Child Care Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for employment-related expenses incurred for the care of a taxpayer's dependent, to: (1) increase to $200,000, the adjusted gross income threshold level above which such credit is incrementally reduced; (2) increase the dollar limit on the allowable amount of such credit; (3) allow an inflation adjustment to the threshold amount and the maximum credit amounts, beginning after 2015; and (4) make such credit refundable.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jul 8, 2014
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Jul 8, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2565: Helping Working Families Afford Child Care Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2565/
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