111 HR 155 IH: Suspension of Federal Income Tax on Unemployment Benefits Act of 2009 U.S. House of Representatives 2009-01-06 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.

I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 155 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 6, 2009 Mr. McHugh introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the taxation of unemployment compensation for 2 years.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Suspension of Federal Income Tax on Unemployment Benefits Act of 2009.

2.

Suspension of tax on unemployment compensation

(a)

In general

Section 85 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to unemployment compensation) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c)

Temporary suspension

Subsection (a) shall not apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011. .