3.0.0 732 2023-01-11T13:36:12Z 2023-01-11T13:36:12Z Senate S 2017-03-27 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-27T20:35:40Z Access Technology Affordability Act of 2017 115 1734 HR 2017-03-27 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Identical bill CRS 2017-03-27 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-03-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2017-03-27 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2017-09-05 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2017-09-05 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2017-11-16 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2018-02-06 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2018-02-07 False B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2018-02-08 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2018-02-14 False F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE 2018-02-14 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2018-02-14 False S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2018-08-20 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2018-08-28 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2018-09-12 False Taxation Disability and paralysis Health care costs and insurance Health technology, devices, supplies Hearing, speech, and vision care Income tax credits Inflation and prices Taxation 00 2017-03-27 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-12T14:21:36Z Access Technology Affordability Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit equal to the amounts paid for qualified access technology for use by a blind individual who is the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or any dependent of the taxpayer.

"Qualified access technology" is hardware, software, or other information technology with the primary function of converting or adapting information that is visually represented into forms or formats useable by blind individuals.

The credit is limited to: (1) costs that are not compensated by insurance or otherwise, and (2) an aggregate amount of $2,500 per blind individual in any period comprising three consecutive taxable years. The credit is also subject to limits based on modified adjusted gross income and adjustments for inflation.

]]> Access Technology Affordability Act of 2017 Display Title Access Technology Affordability Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable tax credit against income tax for the purchase of qualified access technology for the blind. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Access Technology Affordability Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s732is/xml/BILLS-115s732is.xml 2017-03-27 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.