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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage employers to hire individuals working in dying industries or occupations made obsolete by technology, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-2648| Senate 
| Updated: 4/11/2018
Bill Nelson

Bill Nelson

Democratic Senator

Florida

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Economic Modernization Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow additional tax credits and deductions to assist employees who work in declining or short-supply fields. A "declining field" has experienced a decline in the level of average employment of at least 8% over the most recent 3-year period. A "short-supply" field: (1) requires theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge and certain degrees or experience in the specialty; and (2) has an insufficient number of U.S. citizens or residents who are qualified, willing, and able to satisfy the demand for labor in the occupation or field of work. For employers, the bill allows an economic transition tax credit for payroll taxes paid over a three-year period with respect to employees who previously worked in a declining field. For individuals employed in short-supply fields, the bill: increases the limit for the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided educational assistance programs and expands the exclusion to include payments of education loans, increases the limit for the deduction for interest on education loans, and increases the limit for the deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses. The bill also allows a deduction for companies that rehabilitate certain abandoned buildings. The deduction is equal to a portion of the income attributable to the rehabilitated building and may not exceed 50% of the wages paid by the company.
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Timeline
Apr 11, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Apr 11, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • April 11, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 11, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Taxation

Related Bills

  • S 115-796: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion for employer-provided education assistance to employer payments of student loans.
  • HR 115-795: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage employers to hire individuals working in dying industries or occupations made obsolete by technology, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-2648| Senate 
| Updated: 4/11/2018
Economic Modernization Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow additional tax credits and deductions to assist employees who work in declining or short-supply fields. A "declining field" has experienced a decline in the level of average employment of at least 8% over the most recent 3-year period. A "short-supply" field: (1) requires theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge and certain degrees or experience in the specialty; and (2) has an insufficient number of U.S. citizens or residents who are qualified, willing, and able to satisfy the demand for labor in the occupation or field of work. For employers, the bill allows an economic transition tax credit for payroll taxes paid over a three-year period with respect to employees who previously worked in a declining field. For individuals employed in short-supply fields, the bill: increases the limit for the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided educational assistance programs and expands the exclusion to include payments of education loans, increases the limit for the deduction for interest on education loans, and increases the limit for the deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses. The bill also allows a deduction for companies that rehabilitate certain abandoned buildings. The deduction is equal to a portion of the income attributable to the rehabilitated building and may not exceed 50% of the wages paid by the company.
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Timeline
Apr 11, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Apr 11, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • April 11, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 11, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bill Nelson

Bill Nelson

Democratic Senator

Florida

Finance Committee

Taxation

Related Bills

  • S 115-796: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion for employer-provided education assistance to employer payments of student loans.
  • HR 115-795: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted