Strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit Act of 2007
Latest action · May 8, 2007 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 8, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the reduction in the marriage penalty applicable to the earned income tax credit; (2) increase the rate of such credit for families with three or more children; (3) increase the rate and the phase-out percentage of such credit for individuals without children; and (4) make permanent provisions treating combat pay as earned income for purposes of calculating such credit.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 8, 2007Introduced in House
- May 8, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Related bills 9
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 455 | Active Duty Military Tax Relief Act of 2007 | Related bill | Jan 31, 2007 |
| S 516 | TRAC Act | Related bill | Feb 7, 2007 |
| S 1333 | Strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit Act of 2007 | Identical bill | May 8, 2007 |
| HR 3529 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent law the treatment of tax-exempt combat pay as earned income for purposes of the earned income credit. | Related bill | Sep 14, 2007 |
| HR 3629 | Providing Tax Fairness for Service Members and Veterans Act of 2007 | Related bill | Sep 20, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 8, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.