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HR 1780 114th Congress House

Helping Working Families Afford Child Care Act

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

Introduced: April 14, 2015 Introduced by: Sewell, Terri A. Democratic · Alabama See on congress.gov
Taxation Child care and developmentIncome tax creditsInflation and prices
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Apr 14, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 14, 2015
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 Latest action April 14, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 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 $110,000, 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 2016; and (4) make such credit refundable.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • S 820 Related bill Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2015
  • S 3208 Related bill ACE Act
  • S 3233 Related bill PACE Act
  • S 661 Identical bill Helping Working Families Afford Child Care Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1780: Helping Working Families Afford Child Care Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1780/
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"H.R. 1780: Helping Working Families Afford Child Care Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1780/.
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H.R. 1780, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1780/.
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