3.0.0 3542 2022-08-10T23:29:20Z 2022-08-10T23:29:20Z Senate S 2020-03-19 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-19T19:43:19Z COVID-19 Earned Income Act 116 6762 HR 2020-05-08 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Identical bill CRS Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 116 8440 HR 2020-09-29 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2020-03-19 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-03-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2020-03-19 True Taxation Income tax credits Poverty and welfare assistance Tax treatment of families Wages and earnings Taxation 00 2020-03-19 Introduced in Senate 2020-04-09T15:40:46Z COVID-19 Earned Income Act

This bill sets forth a special rule for determining the amount of the earned income tax credit and the refundable portion of the child tax credit. Specifically, the bill allows a taxpayer to use the earned income of the preceding taxable year in computing such credits if such income is greater than the income for the current taxable year (i..e., 2020).

]]> COVID-19 Earned Income Act Display Title COVID-19 Earned Income Act Short Title(s) as Introduced COVID-19 Earned Income Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide COVID-19 related assistance through a special earned income rule for purposes of the refundable child and earned income credits for taxable year 2020. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3542is/xml/BILLS-116s3542is.xml 2020-03-19 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.