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S 1254 115th Congress Senate Taxation Employee benefits and pensions Health care costs and insurance Income tax credits Inflation and prices Small business Wages and earnings

Health Care for Small Business Act

Introduced: May 25, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 25, 2017
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Health Care for Small Business Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for the employee health insurance expenses of small employers, to: (1) repeal the two-year limit on the credit period to permit certain small employers to be eligible for the credit in any year, (2) replace the formula for the phaseout of the credit based on the number of employees and average annual wages with a new phaseout formula based only on average annual wages, (3) permit certain employers that have no more than 50 employees (25 under current law) to be eligible for the credit, (4) modify the limit on the average annual wages of an eligible small employer, and (5) provide for a cost-of-living adjustment after 2017.

What's happening now May 25, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Sep 25, 2017
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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Aug 2, 2017
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 25, 2017
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · May 25, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1254: Health Care for Small Business Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1254/
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"S. 1254: Health Care for Small Business Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1254/.
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S. 1254, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1254/.
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