HR 7615
116th Congress
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To provide a payroll tax credit for certain expenses associated with protecting employees from COVID-19.
Introduced: July 16, 2020
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 16, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 16, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
Jul 16, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill allows employers a payroll tax credit for 50% of the sum of qualified employee protection expenses, qualified workplace reconfiguration expenses, and qualified workplace technology expenses paid for each calendar quarter.
The bill defines
- qualified employee protection expenses as the cost of testing employees for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), equipment to protect employees from COVID-19, and cleaning products or services for preventing the spread of COVID-19;
- qualified workplace reconfiguration expenses as amounts paid to design and reconfigure retail space, work areas, break areas, or other employee or customer areas for the primary purpose of preventing the spread of COVID-19, and such design and reconfiguration is completed pursuant to a plan in place before March 13, 2020, and completed before January 1, 2021; and
- qualified workplace technology expenses as amounts paid for technology systems that employees or customers use for the primary purpose of preventing the spread of COVID-19 and limiting physical contact, and is acquired after March 12, 2020, and placed in service before January 1, 2021.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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