S. 537 · 117th Congress
Healthy Workplaces Act
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This bill allows tax credits for employer expenses for protecting employees from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 2, 2021
Healthy Workplaces Act
This bill allows tax credits for employer expenses for protecting employees from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Specifically, the bill allows a credit against certain employment taxes equal to 50% of the sum of qualified employee protection expenses, workplace reconfiguration expenses, and education and training expenses paid by the employer during a calendar quarter.
The bill also allows a 50% income tax credit for qualified workplace reconfiguration expenses incurred by an employer in 2020. The bill defines qualified workplace reconfiguration expenses to include amounts paid by an employer to evaluate, design, and reconfigure retail space and employee work areas for the primary purpose of preventing the spread of COVID-19. The evaluation, design, and reconfiguration must be completed before January 1, 2022.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Healthy Workplaces Act
Latest action (Mar 2, 2021): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Taxation · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 2, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.