H.R. 561 119th Congress House

Overtime Pay Tax Relief Act of 2025

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a deduction for certain overtime payments.

Introduced: January 20, 2025 Introduced by: Don Bacon Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov

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Jan 20, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Jan 20, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Overtime Pay Tax Relief Act of 2025

This bill allows a tax deduction for overtime compensation received by an individual, subject to income limitations, through 2029. The amount of the deduction may not exceed 20% of the individual’s regular wages from the same employer. Further, the deduction is not allowed for an individual with adjusted gross income exceeding $100,000 (or $150,000 for a head of the household and $200,000 for a married couple filing a joint return).

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 561: Overtime Pay Tax Relief Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-561/

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"H.R. 561: Overtime Pay Tax Relief Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-561/.

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H.R. 561, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-561/.

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