Tax credits

The House Ways and Means Committee advanced legislation that would infuse households with hundreds of billions of dollars of cash through direct payments and tax credits, a key plank of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief package.

The Internal Revenue Service is girding for the official start of tax season as taxpayers and preparers deal with tax breaks related to COVID-19 and questions about stimulus payments.

A bipartisan group of Senate lawmakers has introduced legislation to make the Work Opportunity Tax Credit a permanent part of the Tax Code.

The GREEN Act would encourage residential investments in green energy and energy efficiency, and incentivize greater adoption of zero-emission vehicles, among other things.

Lawmakers have introduced several measures that would expand the so-called child tax credit, which currently provides parents $2,000 per child annually.

House Democrats on Monday released the first draft text for key pieces of legislation that will comprise President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief bill.

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Senator Mitt Romney is offering a child tax credit expansion plan similar to a proposal President Joe Biden is pushing to include in the next stimulus bill, offering a glimpse of areas on which Republicans and Democrats could find compromise in a bipartisan package.

Tax professionals rate which of the president’s proposals they expect to see him pursue.

Democrats are pushing a tax cut that would benefit individuals who lost their jobs in 2020 and may be in for a surprise tax bill this spring.