3.0.0 3028 2023-01-11T13:42:11Z 2023-01-11T13:42:11Z Senate S 2018-06-07 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-06-07T18:41:12Z 2018-06-07 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2018-06-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2018-06-07 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2018-06-07 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2018-06-11 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2018-06-11 False Taxation Adult day care Aging Allied health services Health care costs and insurance Health technology, devices, supplies Home and outpatient care Income tax credits Residential rehabilitation and home repair Taxation 00 2018-06-07 Introduced in Senate 2018-11-29T19:13:17Z Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2018

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for a portion of a taxpayer's expenses for eldercare.

The credit applies to expenses to care for certain relatives or members of the taxpayer's household who have attained the age of 65 and require assistance with activities of daily living.

Eldercare expense include amounts paid for:

  • medical care,
  • lodging away from home,
  • adult day care,
  • custodial care,
  • respite care,
  • assistive technologies and devices (including remote health monitoring),
  • environmental modifications (including home modifications), and
  • counseling or training for a caregiver.

The amount of eldercare expenses incurred during any year that may be taken into account for the credit may not exceed $6,000.

]]> Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2018 Display Title Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an income tax credit for eldercare expenses. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3028is/xml/BILLS-115s3028is.xml 2018-06-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.