I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2885 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from income and 
employment taxes real property tax abatements for seniors and disabled 
individuals in exchange for services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2015 
Ms. TSONGAS (for herself, Mr. NEAL, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. 
CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. LYNCH, and 
Mr. KEATING) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude 
from income and employment taxes real property tax 
abatements for seniors and disabled individuals in ex-
change for services. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Senior and Retired 
Volunteers Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT 
TAXES FOR REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATE-
MENTS IN EXCHANGE FOR SERVICES. 
(a) INCOME TAXES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of 
chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (re-
lating to items specifically excluded from gross in-
come) is amended by inserting before section 140 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 139F. REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENTS IN EX-
CHANGE FOR SERVICES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a qualified indi-
vidual, gross income shall not include any real property 
tax abatement received under a State program, or a local 
program under specific authority of State law, in which 
the taxpayer receives such abatement in exchange for serv-
ices. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of sub-
section (a), the term ‘qualified individual’ means any indi-
vidual who— 
‘‘(1) has attained age 60, or 
‘‘(2) is disabled (within the meaning of section 
72(m)(7)).’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of 
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such Code is amended by inserting before the item 
relating to section 140 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 139F. Real property tax abatements in exchange for services.’’. 
(b) EMPLOYMENT TAXES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3121(b)(7) of such 
Code is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (E), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (F), and by inserting after subparagraph 
(F) the following: 
‘‘(G) service under a State program in 
which the taxpayer in exchange for services re-
ceives an abatement of real property taxes 
which is excluded from income under section 
139F;’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SE-
CURITY ACT.—Section 210(a)(7) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 410(a)(7)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (E), by striking 
the period at the end of subparagraph (F) and in-
serting ‘‘,
or’’, and by inserting after subparagraph 
(F) the following: 
‘‘(G) service under a State program in 
which the taxpayer in exchange for services re-
ceives an abatement of real property taxes 
which is excluded from income under section 
139F of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) The amendments made by subsection (a) 
shall apply to taxable years beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2015. 
(2) The amendments made by subsection (b) 
shall apply to services performed after December 31, 
2015. 
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