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S 470 115th Congress Senate Taxation Child care and development Income tax credits Inflation and prices

Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2017

Introduced: February 28, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 28, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for employment-related expenses incurred for the care of a taxpayer's dependent, to: (1) increase to $120,000, the adjusted gross income threshold level above which such credit is incrementally reduced; (2) increase the dollar limit on the allowable amount of such credit; (3) allow an inflation adjustment to the adjusted gross income threshold and the maximum credit amounts, beginning after 2018; and (4) make such credit refundable.

What's happening now February 28, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 1938 Related bill Stronger Way Act
  • HR 2633 Identical bill Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2017
  • HR 2238 Related bill Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Oct 17, 2017
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · May 1, 2017
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Apr 25, 2017
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Feb 28, 2017
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Feb 28, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 470: Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-470/
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"S. 470: Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-470/.
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