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H.R. 3827, The Active Duty Military Tax Relief Act of 2007
- This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
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H.R. 3827 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief to active duty military personnel and employers who assist them.
== Detailed Summary ==
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(Log inActive Duty Military Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow certain small business owners (businesses having 100 or fewer employees) and self-employed individuals a tax credit for wages paid to editmembers of the wikiReady Reserve of the Armed Forces and beto temporary replacement employees for such members while on active military duty; (2) treat differential wage payments made to members of the firstReady Reserve as earned income for tax withholding and retirement plan purposes; (3) allow the rollover of military death gratuities to provide a detailed summaryindividual retirement accounts, health savings accounts, Archer medical savings accounts, and education savings accounts; (4) increase the standard tax deduction by $1,000 in 2007 and 2008 for members of the bill!)uniformed services on active duty for more than 30 days; and (5) make permanent the taxpayer election to treat combat pay as earned income for purposes of computing the earned income tax credit and tax-free retirement plan distributions to individuals called to active duty.
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== Status of the Legislation ==
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Latest Major Action: 10/15/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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