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H.R. 405 119th Congress House

Keep Every Extra Penny Act of 2025

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude overtime compensation from gross income for purposes of the income tax.

Introduced: January 15, 2025 Introduced by: Russ Fulcher Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 15, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keep Every Extra Penny Act of 2025

This bill excludes from gross income for federal income tax purposes overtime compensation paid for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week (as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938). Under current law, overtime compensation paid to a taxpayer is included in gross income for purposes of calculating federal income taxes.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 405: Keep Every Extra Penny Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-405/
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