House
Jan 21, 2025To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the child tax credit with respect to stillbirths.
Summary
Official
This bill expands the definition of a qualifying child to include a stillborn child for purposes of the child tax credit. (Under current law, taxpayers may claim a tax credit of up $2,000 for each qualifying child.) Under the bill, a stillborn child is an unborn child (1) carried in the womb for a gestational period of 20 weeks or more, and (2) delivered after the spontaneous intrauterine fetal demise of the child.
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Introduced(1/21/25)
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Mr. Griffith
House (R) Virginia – 9
Latest Action
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 21, 2025
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