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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

2/21/2009

 
Congress has passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and President Obama signed the bill into law on February 17, 2009.

United States Congress

The final recovery and reinvestment plan contained approximately $287 billion in tax cuts for families and businesses, with a particular focus on creating jobs in the green energy, highway, and school building sectors. The tax cuts included a $400-per-worker tax credit - known as Making Work Pay credit - to put cash in the hands of America's working families in the next few months. Additional Finance Committee provisions included a $14.4 billion measure providing a one-time, $250 payment to seniors, veterans, and retirees, and approximately $177 billion more in investments to create jobs in health information technology, to help out-of-work Americans keep their health care coverage and find new employment, and to give aid to struggling state economies. The legislation also included a major expansion of Trade Adjustment Assistance to help American firms avoid layoffs due to international competition, and to help workers negatively affected by trade stay on their financial feet and retrain for new, good-paying jobs here at home.

Below are the Key Tax Provisions

TAX RELIEF FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES

  • "Making Work Pay" Tax Credit
  • Economic Recovery Payment to Recipients of Social Security, SSI, Railroad Retirement and Veterans Disability Compensation Benefits
  • Refundable Credit for Certain Federal and State Pensioners
  • Increase in Earned Income Tax Credit
  • Increase Eligibility for the Refundable Portion of Child Credit
  • "American Opportunity" Education Tax Credit
  • Computers as Qualified Education Expenses in 529 Education Plans
  • Refundable First-time Home Buyer Credit
  • Sales Tax Deduction for Vehicle Purchases
  • Temporary Suspension of Taxation of Unemployment Benefits
  • Extension of AMT Relief for 2009
TAX INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESSES

  • Extension of Bonus Depreciation
  • Election to Accelerate Recognition of Historic AMT/R&D Credits
  • Extension of Enhanced Small Business Expensing
  • 5-Year Carryback of Net Operating Losses for Small Businesses
  • Delayed Recognition of Certain Cancellation of Debt Income
  • Incentives to Hire Unemployed Veterans and Disconnected Youth
  • Small Business Capital Gains
  • Temporary Small Business Estimated Tax Payment Relief
  • Temporary Reduction of S Corporation Built-In Gains Holding Period from 10 Years to 7 Years
REINVESTMENT IN RENEWABLE ENERGY

  • Long-term Extension and Modification of Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit
  • Temporary Election to Claim the Investment Tax Credit in Lieu of the Production Tax Credit
  • Removal of Dollar Limitations on Certain Energy Credits
  • Tax Credits for Energy-Efficient Improvements to Existing Homes
  • Tax Credits for Alternative Refueling Property
  • Plug-in Electric Drive Vehicle Credit
  • Parity for Transit Benefits oday the IRS announced an increase in the optional standard mileage rates during the last six months of 2008.

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