Halt Tax Increases on the Middle Class and Seniors Act
Latest action. Received in the Senate.
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 5, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Halt Tax Increases on the Middle Class and Seniors Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to roll back the increased threshold for determining the amount of the tax deduction for medical expenses. Currently, individual taxpayers under age 65 may only deduct those medical expenses that exceed 10% of their adjusted gross income. This bill reduces that percentage to 7.5% for all taxpayers for tax years beginning after December 31, 2015.
The threshold percentage remains at 10% for purposes of computing the alternative minimum tax (AMT).
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House amended" stage on September 13, 2016. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
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Martha McSally (R-AZ) introduced it on September 22, 2015, and 17 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
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It was introduced on September 22, 2015, 4006 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 3648 days ago, on September 14, 2016.
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Vote history
- HouseReceived in the Senate.
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action