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S 2879 114th Congress Senate

Working Families Relief Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide further tax incentives for dependent care assistance.

Introduced: April 28, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 28, 2016
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 Latest action April 28, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Working Families Relief Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase and expand tax incentives for employer-provided dependent care assistance.

The bill increases the limit on the amount excludible from the gross income of an employee for employer-provided dependent care assistance and requires annual inflation adjustments to such increased limit after 2017.

The bill also establishes tax credits for: (1) small employer dependent care assistance program start-up costs, and (2) employer matching contributions for dependent care assistance programs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4867 Identical bill Working Families Relief Act
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All 1 Republican 1
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Apr 28, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2879: Working Families Relief Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2879/
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