Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 28
- Latest action
- Apr 24, 2025
What it does
The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2025 would increase the maximum credit amount and make it fully refundable for qualifying taxpayers who maintain a principal place of abode in the U.S. for more than half the year. It raises the dollar limits for eligible expenses from $3,000 to $8,000 for one qualifying individual and from $6,000 to $16,000 for two or more, while adjusting the credit percentage based on income—starting at 50% and phasing down by 1 percentage point for each $2,000 of AGI over $125,000, with a floor of 20% that further phases out above $400,000 AGI. The bill also ensures married couples filing separately are treated as if filing jointly for credit…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Danny Davis
- Andrea Salinas
- André Carson
- Betty McCollum
- Brendan Boyle
- Cleo Fields
- Delia Ramirez
- Donald Beyer
- Dwight Evans
- Eleanor Norton
- Emanuel Cleaver
- Frederica Wilson
- George Latimer
- Gerald E. Connolly
- Gwen Moore
- Jimmy Gomez
- Jimmy Panetta
- John Larson
- Johnny Olszewski
- Judy Chu
- Julia Brownley
- Kelly Morrison
- Kristen McDonald Rivet
- Linda Sánchez
- Ro Khanna
- Seth Magaziner
- Suzan DelBene
- Terri Sewell
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.