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S 2079 116th Congress Senate Taxation Disability and paralysis Federal-Indian relations Income tax rates Tax treatment of families

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain tribal benefits as earned income for purposes of the kiddie tax.

Introduced: July 10, 2019 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Jul 10, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 10, 2019
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill treats certain disability payments and other payments made by Indian tribes or Native Corporations to children as the earned income of such children. This exempts such income from the "kiddie tax" which taxes the unearned income of children at the parent's marginal tax rate.

What's happening now July 10, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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