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S 4877 116th Congress Senate Taxation

RAISE Working Families Act

Introduced: October 26, 2020 Introduced by: Cortez Masto, Catherine Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 26, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rebuild Americans' Income to Strengthen and Empower Working Families Act or RAISE Working Families Act

This bill allows a new refundable income tax credit for individual taxpayers (to be known as the Middle Class Tax Credit) equal to the lesser of $500 ($1,000 for individuals filing joint returns), or the taxpayer's earned income for the taxable year. The amount of the credit is reduced by 2.5% percent of the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income that exceeds $50,000 ($100,000 for individuals filing joint returns).

What's happening now October 26, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4877: RAISE Working Families Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4877/
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"S. 4877: RAISE Working Families Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4877/.
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S. 4877, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4877/.
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