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S 2327 114th Congress Senate Taxation Adoption and foster care Income tax credits Inflation and prices Marriage and family status Poverty and welfare assistance Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Tax treatment of families Wages and earnings

Foster EITC Act of 2015

Introduced: November 19, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Nov 19, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 19, 2015
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Foster EITC Act of 2015

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the earned income tax credit by: (1) making permanent the increase in the rate of such credit for taxpayers with three or more children, (2) increasing the credit for taxpayers with no qualifying children, (3) reducing the qualifying age for such credit for certain childless individuals (from age 25 to age 21) and for youth formerly in foster care (from age 25 to age 18), (4) imposing new reporting requirements for youth in foster care who have attained age 16, and (5) revising eligibility rules relating to married individuals living apart and qualifying children claimed by another family member.

What's happening now November 19, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1012 Related bill Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Dec 1, 2015
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Nov 19, 2015
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Nov 19, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2327: Foster EITC Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2327/
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