HB5802: Employee Business Expense Deduction Reinstatement Act of 2023
- 1Introduced (current step)
- 2Passed One Chamber
- 3Passed Both Chambers
- 4Became Law
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Summary
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow unreimbursed employee expenses to be taken into account as miscellaneous itemized deductions.
Plain-language summary
This bill would change tax rules to let workers deduct unreimbursed job expenses when filing taxes. Unreimbursed expenses are work costs that employers don't pay back to employees. Currently, these expenses cannot be deducted under most circumstances. The bill would allow them as miscellaneous itemized deductions, which are extra deductions available to some taxpayers. The bill was introduced in Congress but has not yet advanced to .
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HB5802: Employee Business Expense Deduction Reinstatement Act of 2023
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Sponsors
Glenn Grothman
Primary SponsorCo-sponsors (4)
Andy Biggs
Mike Garcia
George Santos
Andy Harris