Advancing Support for Working Families Act
United States116th CongressS-2976Senate
Updated: Dec 4, 2019
Summary
Advancing Support for Working Families Act This bill allows individual taxpayers an election to advance up to $5,000 of the child tax credit in the year of birth or adoption of an applicable qualifying child (a child, other than an eligible foster child, who has a specified relationship to the taxpayer and meets certain age, residency, and support requirements). The bill sets forth a special rule for parents who do not qualify for the full refundable portion of the child tax credit. The advance amount for such parents is the lesser of $5,000, or 25% of their earned income amount for the taxable year. The bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on matters relating to taxpayers who make an election to advance the child tax credit.
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Timeline
Latest companion bill action
HR-5296: Advancing Support for Working Families ActReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senate
Introduced in Senate
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