Dependent Care Expense Relief Act of 2020 This bill allows the carryover of unused dependent care flexible spending arrangement benefits from plan year 2020 to plan year 2021. It also allows employees terminated from employment to be reimbursed for unused dependent care benefits during a specified period. The bill requires the Department of the Treasury to issue rules or guidance to expand the definition of dependent care expenses eligible to be reimbursed from a dependent care flexible spending arrangement to account for changes in the dependent care needs of taxpayers due to a COVID-19 (i.e., corornavirus disease 2019) emergency declaration.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Taxation
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthChild care and developmentEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployee benefits and pensionsIncome tax exclusionInfectious and parasitic diseasesSales and excise taxesTax administration and collection, taxpayers
Dependent Care Expense Relief Act of 2020
USA116th CongressS-4372| Senate
| Updated: 7/30/2020
Dependent Care Expense Relief Act of 2020 This bill allows the carryover of unused dependent care flexible spending arrangement benefits from plan year 2020 to plan year 2021. It also allows employees terminated from employment to be reimbursed for unused dependent care benefits during a specified period. The bill requires the Department of the Treasury to issue rules or guidance to expand the definition of dependent care expenses eligible to be reimbursed from a dependent care flexible spending arrangement to account for changes in the dependent care needs of taxpayers due to a COVID-19 (i.e., corornavirus disease 2019) emergency declaration.
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthChild care and developmentEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployee benefits and pensionsIncome tax exclusionInfectious and parasitic diseasesSales and excise taxesTax administration and collection, taxpayers