United States · Bill · S
S. 284 (106th)
Marriage Penalty Elimination Act of 1999
Introduced
21 January 1999
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Summary
Marriage Penalty Elimination Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the standard deduction amount, in the case of joint returns or surviving spouses, by an amount equal to a specified percentage (increasing to 100 percent in taxable year 2003) of the excess of 200 percent of the basic standard deduction effective in the case of unmarried individuals over the amount in the case of joint returns or surviving spouses.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 21 January 1999
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 21 January 1999
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 21 January 1999
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/284
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/284