Marriage Tax Penalty Permanent Elimination Act of 2009

Marriage Tax Penalty Permanent Elimination Act of 2009 - Makes provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 that eliminate the marriage penalty in the standard deduction, the 15-percent tax bracket, and the earned income tax credit, permanent.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 85 Introduced in House (IH)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 85

    To provide permanent relief from the marriage penalty under the 
                     Internal Revenue Code of 1986.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2009

 Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida introduced the following bill; which 
            was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide permanent relief from the marriage penalty under the 
                     Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Marriage Tax Penalty Permanent 
Elimination Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SUNSET ON MARRIAGE PENALTY RELIEF.

    Title IX of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act 
of 2001 (relating to sunset of provisions of such Act) shall not apply 
to sections 301, 302, and 303 of such Act (relating to marriage penalty 
relief).
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