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Official Title as Introduced

To provide a payroll tax credit for certain expenses associated with protecting employees from COVID-19.


Actions Overview (1)

Date Actions Overview
07/16/2020Introduced in House

All Actions (3)

Date All Actions
07/16/2020Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Action By: House of Representatives
07/16/2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
Action By: Committee on Ways and Means
07/16/2020Introduced in House
Action By: House of Representatives

Cosponsors (16)


Committees (1)

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Committee / Subcommittee Date Activity Reports
House Ways and Means07/16/2020 Referred to
House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures07/16/2020 Referred to

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Introduced in House (07/16/2020)

This bill allows employers a payroll tax credit for 50% of the sum of qualified employee protection expenses, qualified workplace reconfiguration expenses, and qualified workplace technology expenses paid for each calendar quarter.

The bill defines

  • qualified employee protection expenses as the cost of testing employees for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), equipment to protect employees from COVID-19, and cleaning products or services for preventing the spread of COVID-19;
  • qualified workplace reconfiguration expenses as amounts paid to design and reconfigure retail space, work areas, break areas, or other employee or customer areas for the primary purpose of preventing the spread of COVID-19, and such design and reconfiguration is completed pursuant to a plan in place before March 13, 2020, and completed before January 1, 2021; and
  • qualified workplace technology expenses as amounts paid for technology systems that employees or customers use for the primary purpose of preventing the spread of COVID-19 and limiting physical contact, and is acquired after March 12, 2020, and placed in service before January 1, 2021.