Health Insurance Tax Relief Act
Latest action · Jan 12, 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedJan 12, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Health Insurance Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax deduction for the first $2,000 ($4,000 in the case of a married couple filing jointly) of premiums paid for health insurance. Allows such deduction to taxpayers whether or not they itemize their tax deductions. Reduces the amount of such deduction for a taxpayer whose adjusted gross income exceeds $75,000 ($150,000 in the case of a married couple filing jointly).
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 12, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Jan 12, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Jan 12, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S313)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 12, 2009Introduced in Senate
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