Showing posts with label tax credit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tax credit. Show all posts

Friday, October 23, 2009

H.R. 3908: Families of Disabled Veterans Work Opportunity Act of 2009 (GovTrack.us)


To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the work opportunity tax credit with respect to a designated family member of a veteran with a service-connected disability if the veteran is unable to work.

Sponsor: Rep. Deborah Halvorson [D-IL11]
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Introduced Oct 22, 2009
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

H.R. 3218: To provide a refundable tax credit for medical costs, to expand access to health insurance... (GovTrack.us)

To provide a refundable tax credit for medical costs, to expand access to health insurance coverage through individual membership associations (IMAs), and to assist in the establishment of high risk pools. Sponsor: Rep. John Shadegg [R-AZ3] Cosponsors [as of 2009-07-15] Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT1] Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN7] Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA7] Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX26] Rep. Stephen Buyer [R-IN4] Rep. John Fleming [R-LA4] Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ2] Rep. John Gingrey [R-GA11] Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R-MI2] Status: Introduced Jul 14, 2009 Referred to Ways & Means Committee H.R. 3218: To provide a refundable tax credit for medical costs, to expand access to health insurance... (GovTrack.us)

Friday, November 21, 2008

S. 3710: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and the ERISA

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide access to Medicare benefits for individuals ages 55 to 65, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable and advanceable credit against income tax for payment of such premiums, and for other purposes. Introduced by Senator John Rockefeller on November 20, 2008. The bill has been referred to the Committee on Finance. Co-Sponsors include: Sen. John Kerry [D-MA] Sen. Robert Menéndez [D-NJ] Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

``Difficult Development Areas'' for Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

This notice designates DDAs for each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The designations of DDAs in this notice are based on final Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Fair Market Rents (FMRs), FY2008 income limits, and 2000 Census population counts, as explained below. This notice also lists those areas treated as DDAs under the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005 (GO Zone Act) (Pub. L. 109-135; the GO Zone Act, as amended by the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007). Specifically, the GO Zone Act provides that areas ``determined by the President to warrant individual or individual and public assistance from the federal government under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act)'' as a result of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, or Wilma: (1) Shall be treated as DDAs designated under subclause (I) of Internal Revenue Code section 42(d)(5)(C)(iii) (i.e., areas designated by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as having high construction, land, and utility costs relative to area median gross income (AMGI)), and (2) shall not be taken into account for purposes of applying the limitation under subclause II of such section (i.e., the 20 percent cap on the total population of designated areas). The designations of QCTs under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) published September 28, 2006 (71 FR 57234) remain in effect.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

H.R. 6605: To amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a refundable tax credit for heating

To amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a refundable tax credit for heating fuels and to create a grant program for States to provide individuals with loans to weatherize their homes. Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Allen [D-ME] Status: Introduced Jul 24, 2008 Referred to House Energy and Commerce and House Ways and Means