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HR 6221 116th Congress House Taxation Administrative law and regulatory procedures Employee leave Employment taxes Government trust funds Income tax credits Wages and earnings

Paid Sick Leave Credit Act of 2020

Introduced: March 12, 2020 Introduced by: Harder, Josh Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 12, 2020
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Paid Sick Leave Credit Act of 2020

This bill allows employers a payroll tax credit for required sick leave paid to their employees. The credit is equal to the excess of 90% of sick leave wages paid pursuant to the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act over the aggregate credits allowed to employers for all prior calendar quarters. The bill limits the amount of wages that may be taken into account for purposes of the credit to $511 for any day an employee is on sick leave and $7,156 in the aggregate for any four consecutive calendar quarters.

The bill requires transfers to specified Social Security trust funds to cover any reduction in revenue due to the tax credit allowed by this bill.

What's happening now March 12, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6221: Paid Sick Leave Credit Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6221/
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"H.R. 6221: Paid Sick Leave Credit Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6221/.
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H.R. 6221, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6221/.
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