Bill Sponsor
House Bill 6787
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Providing Essentials for Frontline Workers Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 8, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
May 8, 2020
Latest Action
May 8, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
6787
Congress
116
Policy Area
Taxation
Taxation
Primary focus of measure is all aspects of income, excise, property, inheritance, and employment taxes; tax administration and collection. Measures concerning state and local finance may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
California
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Providing Essentials for Frontline Workers Act

This bill allows an employer a payroll tax credit for certain pandemic-related employee benefit expenses paid by such employer after March 12, 2020, and before January 1, 2021. The amount of such credit is 50% of the pandemic-related expenses of essential employees and 30% for other employees. The amount of expenses taken into account for purposes of the credit for any employee may not exceed $5,000 in any calendar quarter.

The bill defines qualified pandemic-related employee benefit expenses as amounts paid to an employee that are excludible from gross income as disaster relief payments related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and that the employee has elected to treat as a pandemic-related expense.

The credit is not allowed to the federal government or its agencies, except for tax-exempt organizations.

Text (1)
Actions (2)
05/08/2020
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
05/08/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:42:57 PM