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Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2015
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Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to: (1) make permanent the reduction in the income threshold (from $10,000 to $3,000) for determining the refundable portion of the child tax credit, (2) eliminate the inflation adjustment to such amount, and (3) allow an annual inflation adjustment after 2014 to the $1,000 maximum credit amount and the adjusted gross income threshold amounts used to reduce the allowable amount of such credit. Modifies the earned income tax credit to: (1) make permanent the increase in the rate of such credit for taxpayers with three or more children, (2) increase the credit for taxpayers with no qualifying children, (3) reduce from 25 to 21 the qualifying age for such credit, (4) revise eligibility rules relating to married individuals living apart and qualifying children claimed by another family member, and (5) repeal the denial of such credit for taxpayers with excess investment income.
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Filing registrants (4)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 902, Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act, 2015, sec. 3 provisions relating to expanding the EITC for adults without children S. 1012 Working Families Tax Relief Act, sec. 4 provisions relating to expanding the EITC for adults without children S. 2327, Foster EITC Act of 2015, all provisions
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
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Sources: Congress.gov
Client expense: $1,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Oppose HR 7 Support HR 932 / S. 497 Support proposed rule rules to modernize the federal child support system, and to break the link between unaffordable child support orders/arrears and mass incarceration. Support HR 4681 Support federal guidelines for Part A of Section 1010 of the ESSA including definitive, transparent timelines for these interactive processes. Support H.R. 3406 Support HR 4681 Support regulations as they relate to children in foster care; offer a few suggestions to strengthen. Support an expansion of the EITC to low wage adults not raising children. Support S. 786 / H.R. 1439 Support HR 1286 / S 631 Support shared use of school grounds, parks, gymnasiums and other physical activity spaces beyond normal business hours for public use Support S. 1012
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Support closing a large gap in the EITC by expanding it for low-income childless adults and non-custodial parents. Oppose requiring the Secretary of Treasury to contract with private debt collection agencies to collect taxes. Oppose the omission of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program in the Treasurys Departments proposed regulation implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Support protecting the CTC/EITC eligibility of taxpaying immigrant families who file their taxes with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN). Support the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Support a federal automatic Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and, in the absence of a federal solution, support state auto-IRAs and other similar retirement programs Support substantive changes to ensure that the LIHTC program will further the Administrations goals of promoting racial and socioeconomic integration and provide ladders of opportunity to low-income families - particularly Black and Latino families Support an expansion of the EITC to low wage adults not raising children. Support improvements in proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing tool for public housing authorities; support the inclusion of Low Income Housing Tax Credit demographic data; support the inclusion of PHA waiting list questions. Support HR 1286 / S 631 Support S. 1012
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
Energy legislation (S. 1012) and reform of the Federal Power Act; Any legisl ation impacting renewable energy production and distribution in North America;
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2015 (S. 1012) Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act (H.R. 902)
Client expense: $15,790 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
Energy legislation (S. 1012) and the reform of the Federal Power Act. Any legislation impacting renewable energy production and distribution in North America.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2016 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 902, Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act, 2015, sec. 3 provisions relating to expanding the EITC for adults without children H.R. 4722, Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2016, all provisions S. 1012 Working Families Tax Relief Act, sec. 4 provisions relating to expanding the EITC for adults without children
Client expense: $560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2015 (S. 1012) Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act (H.R. 902)
Client expense: $22,058 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 902, Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act, 2015, sec. 3 provisions relating to expanding the EITC for adults without children H.R. 4722, Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2016, all provisions S. 1012 Working Families Tax Relief Act, sec. 4 provisions relating to expanding the EITC for adults without children
Client expense: $660,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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