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HR 1600 115th Congress House Taxation Appropriations Disability and paralysis Employee hiring Employment taxes Government trust funds Income tax credits Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Veterans Back to Work Act of 2017

Introduced: March 17, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Mar 17, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 17, 2017
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Back to Work Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for hiring qualified veterans (veterans receiving compensation for a service-connected disability and other federal assistance), and (2) allow employers who hire qualified veterans to elect to claim the tax credit as an exemption from employment and railroad retirement taxes for such veterans' first-year wages, subject to specified limitations.

The bill appropriates amounts to the Social Security trust funds and the Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account to cover any revenue loss to such funds resulting from this bill.

What's happening now March 17, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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