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To provide a payroll tax credit for certain expenses associated with protecting employees from COVID-19.

USA116th CongressHR-7615| House 
| Updated: 7/16/2020
Tom Rice

Tom Rice

Republican Representative

South Carolina

Cosponsors (16)
David Schweikert (Republican)Chris Stewart (Republican)Pete Olson (Republican)Neal P. Dunn (Republican)Glenn Thompson (Republican)Brad R. Wenstrup (Republican)David B. McKinley (Republican)Lloyd Smucker (Republican)Bill Flores (Republican)Andy Barr (Republican)Fred Upton (Republican)Carol D. Miller (Republican)Jodey C. Arrington (Republican)Mike Gallagher (Republican)Tom Reed (Republican)Robert E. Latta (Republican)

Ways and Means Committee, Tax Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill allows employers a payroll tax credit for 50% of the sum of qualified employee protection expenses, qualified workplace reconfiguration expenses, and qualified workplace technology expenses paid for each calendar quarter. The bill defines qualified employee protection expenses as the cost of testing employees for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), equipment to protect employees from COVID-19, and cleaning products or services for preventing the spread of COVID-19; qualified workplace reconfiguration expenses as amounts paid to design and reconfigure retail space, work areas, break areas, or other employee or customer areas for the primary purpose of preventing the spread of COVID-19, and such design and reconfiguration is completed pursuant to a plan in place before March 13, 2020, and completed before January 1, 2021; and qualified workplace technology expenses as amounts paid for technology systems that employees or customers use for the primary purpose of preventing the spread of COVID-19 and limiting physical contact, and is acquired after March 12, 2020, and placed in service before January 1, 2021.
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Timeline
Jul 16, 2020
Introduced in House
Jul 16, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 16, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
Jul 20, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 116-4214
Introduced in Senate
  • July 16, 2020
    Introduced in House


  • July 16, 2020
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.


  • July 16, 2020
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.


  • July 20, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 116-4214
    Introduced in Senate

Taxation

Related Bills

  • S 116-4214: A bill to provide a payroll tax credit for certain expenses associated with protecting employees from COVID-19.
  • HR 116-14: Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act
  • S 116-4318: American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act
  • S 116-4537: RECOVERY Act
AppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthComputers and information technologyDisability assistanceEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployment taxesGovernment trust fundsHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedical tests and diagnostic methodsSocial security and elderly assistanceWorker safety and health

To provide a payroll tax credit for certain expenses associated with protecting employees from COVID-19.

USA116th CongressHR-7615| House 
| Updated: 7/16/2020
This bill allows employers a payroll tax credit for 50% of the sum of qualified employee protection expenses, qualified workplace reconfiguration expenses, and qualified workplace technology expenses paid for each calendar quarter. The bill defines qualified employee protection expenses as the cost of testing employees for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), equipment to protect employees from COVID-19, and cleaning products or services for preventing the spread of COVID-19; qualified workplace reconfiguration expenses as amounts paid to design and reconfigure retail space, work areas, break areas, or other employee or customer areas for the primary purpose of preventing the spread of COVID-19, and such design and reconfiguration is completed pursuant to a plan in place before March 13, 2020, and completed before January 1, 2021; and qualified workplace technology expenses as amounts paid for technology systems that employees or customers use for the primary purpose of preventing the spread of COVID-19 and limiting physical contact, and is acquired after March 12, 2020, and placed in service before January 1, 2021.
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Timeline
Jul 16, 2020
Introduced in House
Jul 16, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 16, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
Jul 20, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 116-4214
Introduced in Senate
  • July 16, 2020
    Introduced in House


  • July 16, 2020
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.


  • July 16, 2020
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.


  • July 20, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 116-4214
    Introduced in Senate
Tom Rice

Tom Rice

Republican Representative

South Carolina

Cosponsors (16)
David Schweikert (Republican)Chris Stewart (Republican)Pete Olson (Republican)Neal P. Dunn (Republican)Glenn Thompson (Republican)Brad R. Wenstrup (Republican)David B. McKinley (Republican)Lloyd Smucker (Republican)Bill Flores (Republican)Andy Barr (Republican)Fred Upton (Republican)Carol D. Miller (Republican)Jodey C. Arrington (Republican)Mike Gallagher (Republican)Tom Reed (Republican)Robert E. Latta (Republican)

Ways and Means Committee, Tax Subcommittee

Taxation

Related Bills

  • S 116-4214: A bill to provide a payroll tax credit for certain expenses associated with protecting employees from COVID-19.
  • HR 116-14: Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act
  • S 116-4318: American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act
  • S 116-4537: RECOVERY Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthComputers and information technologyDisability assistanceEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployment taxesGovernment trust fundsHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedical tests and diagnostic methodsSocial security and elderly assistanceWorker safety and health