HR-2238 : Still Just a Bill

Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for employment-related expenses incurred for the care of a taxpayer's dependent, to: (1) increase to $126,000, the adjusted gross income threshold level above which such credit is incrementally reduced; (2) increase the dollar limit on the allowable amount of such credit; (3) allow an inflation adjustment to the adjusted gross income threshold and the maximum credit amounts, beginning after 2018; and (4) make such credit refundable.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2017-04-28IntroReferralReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.House floor actions
2017-04-28IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

Val Butler Demings [D] (FL-10)
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Policy Area :

Taxation
See Subjects
  • Child care and development
  • Income tax credits
  • Inflation and prices

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