Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Darin LaHood (IL-16) introduced the Small Business Tax Fairness and Compliance Simplification Act (H.R. 45), bipartisan legislation that would bring tax relief to beauty salon owners and workers by extending the Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA) tax tip credit to the beauty service industry. The tip credit helps ensure accurate… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01), a member of the Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement on Republican legislation that would gut funding from the IRS designed to improve taxpayer services and increase enforcement.
“Only this extreme Republican majority would use its first bill of the 118th Congress to embolden tax cheats and cut services for working… Read more »
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives, with the support of Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01), passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which will lower costs for families, make historic investments in our clean energy future, and decrease the federal deficit.
The bill passed the Senate on Sunday and now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law. It was a top priority for the… Read more »
Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Jared Huffman (CA-02) led 38 of their colleagues in a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig urging the IRS to review the status of the Family Research Council (FRC) as a tax-exempt “association of churches.” They also called on the IRS to determine whether existing guidance… Read more »
Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and David Schweikert (AZ-06) introduced the Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act, a bipartisan bill that would create a workable structure for taxing purchases made with virtual currency, also known as cryptocurrency, further strengthening the legitimacy of virtual currency in our digital economy. The legislation is cosponsored by Representatives… Read more »
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) suggested Sunday that he’s fundamentally opposed to a key part of the Democratic agenda: monthly benefits for parents.
Since July, the federal government has been sending most parents monthly cash payments, a revolutionary policy that could slash child poverty ― but the payments will stop after December if Congress doesn’t pass a new law to keep them… Read more »
One groundbreaking can look pretty similar to another as it marks the start of a construction project: There are public officials giving speeches, donning hard hats and grabbing shovels to toss some dirt.
It’s the stories of individuals, however, those who have been aided by similar projects, that make the case for attention to the start of such work.
Among the speakers Monday at the… Read more »
Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Ritchie Torres (NY-15), and Senators Michael Bennet (CO), Sherrod Brown (OH), and Cory Booker (NJ) released the following statement on the delivery of the first Child Tax Credit payments.
“Today is a historic day for American families. With the delivery of the first round of expanded Child Tax Credit payments, help… Read more »
Dear friend,
Help is here for millions of families starting today. Thanks to the historic expansion of the Child Tax Credit that I championed in the American Rescue Plan, monthly checks of up to $300 per child will begin reaching parents today and continue through this December.
If you have children, chances are high that you qualify for these monthly payments. The expanded Child Tax… Read more »
Thursday, July 15, 2021, could wind up being one of the most important days in the history of American anti-poverty policy.
On this day, most parents in the United States began receiving monthly checks of up to $300 per child — no strings attached.
What’s technically happening: The child tax credit (CTC), a policy that has existed in some form since 1997, was expanded with the enactment… Read more »