Students First Tax Deduction Act

Bill: 116-hr-2193
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2019-04-09
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education

Income tax deductions

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Students First Tax Deduction Act</b></p> <p>This bill permanently extends the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses. (The deduction expired at the end of 2017.)</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2193 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 9, 2019 Ms. Wild (for herself, Ms. Hill of California , Ms. Norton , Mr. Rouda , Mr. Vargas , Ms. Haaland , and Mr. Raskin ) 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 make permanent the deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Students First Tax Deduction Act . 2. Deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses made permanent (a) In general Section 222 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsection (e). (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.