Tax Fairness for Workers Act
Latest action · Apr 4, 2019 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.
- IntroducedApr 4, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Tax Fairness for Workers Act
This bill allows an above-the-line tax deduction for union dues and expenses. (An above-the-line deduction is subtracted from gross income and is available whether or not a taxpayer itemizes other deductions.)
The bill also reinstates the miscellaneous itemized tax deduction for unreimbursed expenses attributable to the performance of services as an employee. (Under current law, all miscellaneous itemized deductions are suspended through 2025.)
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 4, 2019 to Jun 5, 2019; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Apr 4, 2019 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Apr 4, 2019 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Apr 4, 2019 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Apr 4, 2019 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Apr 4, 2019 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Apr 4, 2019 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Apr 4, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Apr 4, 2019 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Apr 4, 2019 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Apr 4, 2019 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Apr 4, 2019 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Apr 4, 2019 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Apr 11, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jun 4, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Jun 4, 2019 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Jun 5, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Apr 4, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Apr 4, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN11119 | Unreimbursed Employee Job Expenses and the Suspension of the Miscellaneous Itemized Deduction Archived | Insight | May 17, 2019 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1157 | Tax Fairness for Workers Act | Reintroduced Bill | Apr 15, 2021 |
| HR 2103 | Tax Fairness for Workers Act | Identical bill | Apr 4, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow workers an above-the-line deduction for union dues and expenses and to allow a miscellaneous itemized deduction for workers for all unreimbursed expenses incurred in the trade or business of being an employee.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Tax Fairness for Workers Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2019Introduced in Senate
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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
