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HR 6401 118th Congress House Taxation

Upskilling and Retraining Assistance Act

Introduced: November 14, 2023 Introduced by: Davis, Danny K. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Upskilling and Retraining Assistance Act 

This bill increaes to $12,000 in 2024-2025, the exclusion from employee gross income, for income tax purposes, of employer-paid educational assistance programs. 

The bill also expands the exclusion to include amounts paid for education-related tools and technology (e.g., hand tools, computers, software, licensure fees). 

What's happening now November 14, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Feenstra, Randy
Iowa · Nov 14, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6401: Upskilling and Retraining Assistance Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6401/
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"H.R. 6401: Upskilling and Retraining Assistance Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6401/.
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H.R. 6401, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6401/.
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