HR1424Referred to Committee

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the employer tax credit for paid family and medical leave.

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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2025-02-18
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Ryan Mackenzie
Ryan Mackenzie
Republican · PA · Representative
Votes with party: 93.6% (549 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

2025-02-18

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Plain-English Summary

This bill increases the business tax credit for paid family and medical leave to up to 50% (from 25%) of the wages paid by an eligible employer to a qualifying employee while the employee is on family and medical leave. Under current law, an eligible employer may claim a tax credit (through 2025) for between 12.5% and 25% of the wages paid to a qualified employee while the employee is on family and medical leave. The percentage of wages allowed as a tax credit increases proportionally, depending on what percentage of an employee’s normal wages is paid to the employee while the employee is on family and medical leave. The bill increases the tax credit to between 25% and 50% of the wages paid to an employee while the employee is on family and medical leave, depending on what percentage of an employee’s normal wages is paid to the employee while the employee is on family and medical leave. Under current law and the bill, an employer must pay at least 50% of the employee's normal wages while the employee is on leave to qualify for the tax credit.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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