Safe Reopening Tax Credit This bill allows an eligible employer a payroll tax credit for 30% of qualified virus transmission prevention expenses. The bill defines qualified virus transmission prevention expenses as expenses for reducing or preventing the transmission of communicable viruses, including the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19). Such expenses include amounts paid for barriers erected to prevent virus spread between customers and employees, contactless point-of-sale systems, enhanced sanitation, ventilation or air filtration, and employee health education. The bill limits the amount of expenses that may be taken into account in computing the credit and the credit's period of applicability to calendar quarters beginning on or after the enactment of this bill and before January 1, 2021.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Taxation
AppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthDisability assistanceEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployment taxesFood industry and servicesGovernment trust fundsHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaLibraries and archivesRetail and wholesale tradesSocial security and elderly assistanceSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsSound recordingSports and recreation facilitiesTax-exempt organizationsTelevision and filmWages and earningsWorker safety and health
Safe Reopening Tax Credit
USA116th CongressHR-7222| House
| Updated: 6/15/2020
Safe Reopening Tax Credit This bill allows an eligible employer a payroll tax credit for 30% of qualified virus transmission prevention expenses. The bill defines qualified virus transmission prevention expenses as expenses for reducing or preventing the transmission of communicable viruses, including the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19). Such expenses include amounts paid for barriers erected to prevent virus spread between customers and employees, contactless point-of-sale systems, enhanced sanitation, ventilation or air filtration, and employee health education. The bill limits the amount of expenses that may be taken into account in computing the credit and the credit's period of applicability to calendar quarters beginning on or after the enactment of this bill and before January 1, 2021.
AppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthDisability assistanceEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployment taxesFood industry and servicesGovernment trust fundsHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaLibraries and archivesRetail and wholesale tradesSocial security and elderly assistanceSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsSound recordingSports and recreation facilitiesTax-exempt organizationsTelevision and filmWages and earningsWorker safety and health