House Bill 6695
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Excluding Pandemic Unemployment Compensation from Income Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 1, 2020
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6695
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116
Policy Area
Taxation
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Nydia Velazquez
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Summary
Excluding Pandemic Unemployment Compensation from Income Act
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, addditional payments of unemployment compensation made in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. It also requires the disregard of such payments in determining eligibility for federal benefit programs and federally-assisted benefit programs.
May 1, 2020
05/01/2020
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
05/01/2020
Introduced in House
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Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:43:01 PM