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HR 2973 114th Congress House Taxation Administrative remedies Border security and unlawful immigration Citizenship and naturalization Government information and archives Higher education Immigration status and procedures Income tax credits Student aid and college costs Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require for purposes of education tax credit that the student be lawfully present and that the taxpayer provide the social security number of the student and the employer identification number of the educational institution, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 8, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 8, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credit, to require: (1) an individual claiming qualified tuition and related expenses under such credit to provide on the individual's tax return a social security number and the employer identification number of the educational institution to which such expenses were paid, (2) an individual claiming such credit to be a citizen or national of the United States or an alien lawfully present in the United States, and (3) paid tax return preparers to receive information on the immigration status of a taxpayer claiming such credit.

The bill also requires the Social Security Administration to maintain a record of each social security account number issued to any individual who receives deferred action on removal by the Department of Homeland Security.

What's happening now July 8, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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