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<dc:title>119 HR 8305 IH: Working Parents Tax Relief Act of 2026</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2026-04-15</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 8305</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20260415">April 15, 2026</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="M001237">Ms. McDonald Rivet</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HWM00">Committee on Ways and Means</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of the earned income tax credit for parents of young children.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H553E4F6DE7F746C4A8A99005E8429737" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H74ADF98C0B404EE8AB2B1A3D30D511D3" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Working Parents Tax Relief Act of 2026</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HC3FA7CC632754298A641F9A00B507B6E"><enum>2.</enum><header>Increase in earned income tax credit for parents of young children</header> <subsection id="H73F3948D3F714DFA94E266F186717D36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/32">Section 32(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> 
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<paragraph id="HE4E4AA16A7E34501BB1E30B18E40EBEE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Increase in percentages for parents of young children</header> 
<subparagraph id="HCAFE054BEF4C48BAAC95CEF9FDE230C0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Credit percentages</header> 
<clause id="HACE9A2AA8B2941E5A0E1C15AEA2585FD"><enum>(i)</enum><header>1 child</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an eligible individual with 1 qualifying child, the credit percentage determined under subsection (b)(1) shall be increased by 42.24 percentage points if such qualifying child has not attained age 4.</text> </clause> <clause id="H6D3D7256DA7444A29673EC9B2EE726E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>2 or more children</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an eligible individual with 2 or more qualifying children, the credit percentage determined under subsection (b)(1) shall be increased by 30.07 percentage points for each of the youngest 3 qualifying children of such eligible individual that has not attained age 4.</text> </clause> </subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H59917782EADA45F989A87C8DD5840C46"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Phaseout percentage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an eligible individual with 1 or more qualifying children, the phaseout percentage determined under subsection (b)(1) shall be increased by 5 percentage points for each of the youngest 3 qualifying children of such eligible individual that has not attained age 4.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBDE926324A6643FE8DB1A244C21A9F04"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Monthly payment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a program allowing, at the election of the taxpayer, for making so much of any refund payment owed to a taxpayer by reason of operation of this paragraph in equal monthly increments divided among the remaining months in the taxable year of the taxpayer during which the amount of such refund is determined.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection id="HEE9D7DB50EF642F1B351544D0C96B154"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.</text></subsection> </section> </legis-body></bill>

