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H.R. 6749 · 116th Congress

American Opportunity Student Tax Relief Act of 2020

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LDD DoggettSponsor
49 cosponsors · 48 D, 1 R

This bill increases the dollar amounts of the American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning tax credits for taxable years beginning in 2020 and increases the refundable portions of such credits. It also expands the tax exclusion for Pell Grants and makes such expanded exclusion retroactive to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 8, 2020

American Opportunity Student Tax Relief Act of 2020

This bill increases the dollar amounts of the American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning tax credits for taxable years beginning in 2020 and increases the refundable portions of such credits. It also expands the tax exclusion for Pell Grants and makes such expanded exclusion retroactive to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019. The bill also allows a tax exclusion beginning in 2020 for any emergency financial aid grant amount received by a student in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: American Opportunity Student Tax Relief Act of 2020

Latest action (May 8, 2020): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Policy area: Taxation · Origin: House · Introduced: May 8, 2020

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.