HR-3476 : Still Just a Bill

Middle Class College Tuition Tax Credit Expansion Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits with a new American Opportunity Tax Credit that: (1) allows an increased income tax credit for the qualified tuition and related expenses of a student who is carrying at least one half of a normal course load, (2) increases the income threshold for reductions in the credit amount based upon modified adjusted gross income, (3) allows a lifetime dollar limitation on such credit of $25,000 for all taxable years, and (4) makes 50% of the credit refundable. Allows an exclusion from gross income of any amount received as a Federal Pell Grant.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2013-11-13IntroReferralReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.House floor actions
2013-11-13IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
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Policy Area :

Taxation
See Subjects
  • Educational technology and distance education
  • Higher education
  • Income tax credits
  • Income tax exclusion
  • Student aid and college costs

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