Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2017
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S 796 — Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2017
Last action — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 115th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to include an employer's payments to an employee or lender for the principal or interest on any qualified education loan incurred by an employee.
Bill Text
- Introduced Introduced in Senate Current html March 30, 2017
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The bill extends employer-provided education assistance to include payments of student loans.
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26 U.S.C. 127
and→ the payment by an employer, whether paid to the employee or to a lender, of principal or interest on any qualified education loan (as defined in section 221(d)(1)) incurred by the employee, andThis change includes employer payments for student loans as part of the tax exclusion for education assistance.
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26 U.S.C. 221
, or for which an exclusion is allowable under section 127 to the taxpayer's employer by reason of the payment by such employer of any indebtedness on a qualified education loan of the taxpayer
This amendment prevents taxpayers from claiming a tax deduction for student loan interest if their employer is providing an exclusion for the same payments.
Action History
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Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
- Mark R. Warner · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 546 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Warner, Mark R. Democratic
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (546)
546 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does S 796 do?
- Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to include an employer's payments to an employee or lender for the principal or interest on any qualified education loan incurred by an employee.
- Who sponsors S 796?
- S 796 is sponsored by Warner, Mark R. (Democratic).
- What is the current status of S 796?
- This bill died with 115th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track S 796?
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