American Opportunity Student Tax Relief Act of 2020 This bill increases the dollar amounts of the American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning tax credits for taxable years beginning in 2020 and increases the refundable portions of such credits. It also expands the tax exclusion for Pell Grants and makes such expanded exclusion retroactive to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019. The bill also allows a tax exclusion beginning in 2020 for any emergency financial aid grant amount received by a student in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Taxation
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthEmergency medical services and trauma careHigher educationIncome tax creditsIncome tax exclusionInfectious and parasitic diseasesInflation and pricesStudent aid and college costs
American Opportunity Student Tax Relief Act of 2020
USA116th CongressHR-6749| House
| Updated: 5/8/2020
American Opportunity Student Tax Relief Act of 2020 This bill increases the dollar amounts of the American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning tax credits for taxable years beginning in 2020 and increases the refundable portions of such credits. It also expands the tax exclusion for Pell Grants and makes such expanded exclusion retroactive to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019. The bill also allows a tax exclusion beginning in 2020 for any emergency financial aid grant amount received by a student in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthEmergency medical services and trauma careHigher educationIncome tax creditsIncome tax exclusionInfectious and parasitic diseasesInflation and pricesStudent aid and college costs