Senate Bill 749
116th Congress(2019-2020)
PACE Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 12, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
749
Congress
116
Policy Area
Taxation
Taxation
Primary focus of measure is all aspects of income, excise, property, inheritance, and employment taxes; tax administration and collection. Measures concerning state and local finance may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Promoting Affordable Childcare for Everyone Act or the PACE Act
This bill modifies the tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (known as the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit) to (1) make the credit refundable, (2) increase the rate for the credit, and (3) require the dollar amounts for such credit to be adjusted for inflation after 2019.
The bill also increases the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance which may be excluded from the gross income of an employee and requires the increased exclusion amount to be adjusted for inflation after 2020.
March 12, 2019
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03/12/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
03/12/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 5:32:20 PM