S 815 116th Congress Senate Taxation Disability and paralysis Health care costs and insurance Health technology, devices, supplies Hearing, speech, and vision care Income tax credits Inflation and prices

Access Technology Affordability Act of 2019

Introduced: March 14, 2019 Introduced by: Boozman, John Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov

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Mar 14, 2019

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Access Technology Affordability Act of 2019

This bill allows a refundable tax credit equal to the amounts paid for qualified access technology for use by a blind individual who is the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or a dependent of the taxpayer.

"Qualified access technology" is hardware, software, or other information technology with the primary function of converting or adapting information that is visually represented into forms or formats useable by blind individuals.

The credit is limited to (1) costs that are not compensated by insurance or otherwise, and (2) an aggregate amount of $2,000 per blind individual in any period of three consecutive taxable years. The credit must be adjusted for inflation after 2020 and terminates after five years.

What's happening now March 14, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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